I was reading this interesting article herewhich made quite a lot of sense. The main theme of the write-up was whether technology is the culprit which is speeding up the market cycles?I am not sure whether it is (entirely) correct…
Boring Tuesdays – Three Things to Read Today – 3
Hi GuysIt’s the second last Tuesday of 2014. Hopefully you would be getting ready to go on a vacation to celebrate your new years. So before you leave, I share with you three interesting articles.So here it is…Article 1‘All past…
Interview – Safal Niveshak’s Vishal Khandelwal – Part 4 (Final Part)
This is the fourth and final part of this interview. You can read the first three parts at the following links:Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3Question 10.From your blog I know that you do not prefer Index Funds…
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Mailbag: What are DVR Shares which State Bank of India (SBI) is planning to issue soon?
I got this question from one of the readers yesterday. The State Bank of India’s Chairperson recently announced, that they were going to look at issuing shares with differential voting rights (hence the name DVR) to raise funds to meet…
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Boring Tuesdays – Three Things to Read Today – 2
Its Tuesday again and I am here to share with you some articles which I found interesting. Hopefully it will brighten up this boring Tuesday a bit :-)So here it is…Article 1I completed my MBA couple of years back and…
Interview – Safal Niveshak’s Vishal Khandelwal – Part 3
You can read the first two parts of this interview at the following links:Part 1 | Part 2Question 6.Compared to good old days, the amount of noise (useless information in common terms) is much more today. How do you cut…
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A Short Story to tell why You shouldn’t Compare Your Portfolio Returns with Index Returns
There is a general trend to compare your portfolio returns with returns of popular indices like Sensex and Nifty. And this is not a recent phenomenon. It has been going on since years. Ask anyone and they will tell you…
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Boring Tuesdays – Three Things to Read Today – 1
I know. Just yesterday it was a Monday. And a day before that, it was a Sunday. And you are already waiting for the weekend to arrive. 🙂 Sorry I can’t help you with that. Weekend is still a few days…
Had He Not Bought That House For Rs 27 Crores…
Since childhood, we are brought up with this idea that we should buy our own houses as soon as possible. And for almost everyone, a house is the biggest investment (or expenditure) which one makes during his lifetime. And there…
If Other People Were Like Stock Market People – Thankfully, They Are Not!
Stock Market is a strange place. A really strange one…At times, things which happen here are so far away from common sense, that if aliens were looking at stock markets, they would refuse to make any contact with humans… because…
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Stable Investor Completes 3 Years – My Letter to You
Hi Today Stable Investor completes 3 years. So congratulations are in place. 🙂 I wanted to write a long speech but that’s not my forte. So will keep it as simple and as direct as possible. So first of…
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Someone Said I Have Double Standards. My Reply – It Works For Me & I Will Stick To It
A few days back on a flight to my hometown, I was reading a book on Warren Buffett – Tap Dancing To Work. The person sitting next to me got interested and asked me whether the old man on cover…
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A Short Story About Monkeys & Goats – To Convince You To Buy Stocks of Only Good Businesses
Markets are making new highs. And increasing number of people around you are discussing about stock markets these days. Though we still haven’t reached a point where housewives start discussing stocks, there does seem to be an underlying current in…
10 Stock PSU Banks Portfolio – 1st Year Performance Update
Caution: Lots of Graphs ahead. :-)Its been one full year since I started tracking PSU Bank stocks using a 10 stock portfolio. The catalyst for putting this portfolio in place was a feeling that PSU Banking space seemed relatively cheap…
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Top 10 Hacks to Safeguard Your Money – # 1
Confession Time: The last post on Antifragility did not get responses from readers which I expected it to get. To be more specific, the number of comments which the post got was ZERO. :-(Probably it was because the 10 Principles…