Hi guys…Two days back, I turned 30…that’s 3 full decades!! And just imagine what would have happened if someone had gifted me shares of Wipro worth Rs 10,000 around that time? I would now have been worth more than Rs…
Thoughts – Money Linked Mindlessness, Valuations, False Hopes!
You would be lying if you said that you are not waiting eagerly for the First Full Budget, by the First (Real) Full Majority Government, to have come in power in decades... Like me and other common men and women, you would…
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How I Created a Corpus of Rs 3.7 Crores in 10 Years – Part 2
Note: This post is second part of this series about how a reader created a corpus of almost Rs 4 Crores in just 10 years. Like the first part, even this part is worded by Ajay Sreenivasan - a loyal reader…
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How I Created a Corpus of Rs 3.7 Crores in 10 Years – Part 1
Note: This post has been written by Ajay S., a regular reader. I have been interacting regularly with him since we got in touch regarding my SIP Case Study last month. Ajay made many useful suggestions, which I eventually used…
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Boring Tuesdays – Three Things to Read Today – 7
Hi Friends Yesterday came with a big, sad news for the value investing community of India. Highly respected value investor Chandrakant Sampat passed away. Many regarded him as the father of value investing in India. You can read a small…
Case Study – Combining HDFC Top 200 & Recurring Deposit – Part 4
This is the fourth and final part of the SIP Case Study which made use of HDFC Top 200 as the chosen fund. In previous post, I had evaluated the impact of considering the interest accrued on Market Crash Fund.…
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Boring Tuesdays – Three Things to Read Today – 6
Hi FriendsMany of you have been sending links to interesting articles and ideas. I thank you all for your mails, as I now have a really long (& ever increasing) list of such articles. And in past few weeks, I…
Case Study – Combining HDFC Top 200 & Recurring Deposit – Part 3
This is the third part of the SIP related Case Study where I compared the performance of following 2 scenarios: Scenario 1: Investing regularly (Rs 5000) & periodically making lumpsum investments when markets are down. This lumpsum amount would be…
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How A Father Convinced His Daughter Not to Sell Her Stocks in Panic
I was reading an interesting Q&A session on Vanguard's site about investing, when I came across this small but remarkable example of how to explain anyone about benefits of long term investing. An investor named Rick Ferri shares his experience about…
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Boring Tuesdays – Three Things to Read Today – 5
Hi FriendsIt seems that last Tuesday was not that boring after all. Sensex fell a massive 855 points, i.e. 3% on that day. And instead of being happy about it, investors seemed troubled and didn’t make use of the beautiful…
Case Study – Combining HDFC Top 200 & Recurring Deposit – Part 2 (Reader’s Reactions)
The Case Study post where I tested the following scenario (hypothesis) generated quite a lot of discussion.Investing regularly (Rs X) & periodically making lumpsum investments* when markets are down, will fetch higher returns than regularly investing double the regular amount…
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The 6 Deadly Sins of Investing
This post has been authored by Jae Jun of Old School ValueI’m not perfect.No matter how good you are as an investor, you are bound to make mistakes.Even the pros make plenty of big mistakes.Newton was brilliant but he made…
4 Common Mistakes to Avoid while Buying Your Term Insurance Plan
I have always been of the view that it’s wiser to keep investments separate from insurance. And that means sticking only to plain-vanilla term insurance plans instead of moneyback endowment policies. Buying term insurance is very important to fulfil your…
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Boring Tuesdays – Three Things to Read Today – 4
Hi FriendsThe first of the 52 boring Tuesdays of 2015 is here. My guess is that majority of you reading this post, would by now have already forgotten about your new year resolutions. ;-PIf that is true, then please remember…
Case Study – Surprising Results of combining HDFC Top 200 & Recurring Deposit (Market Crash Fund)
We always think that it is best to invest when markets are down. But how often are we able to do it? Not regularly. Why? There are 2 reasons.First - The markets don't go down regularly.Second - When they do…