Have you ever wondered about the nature of goals and how we arrive at them? Let’s explore these fundamental questions. When it comes to financial goals, we at Gaining Ground approach them uniquely. We don’t just assign a monetary value to these goals; we delve into our clients’ backstories. Why, you ask? Because goals aren’t […]
Plant lovers know that growth is not always visible. Plants with strong roots grow better. Roots are an example of invisible growth. You will also find examples of this kind of growth in other walks of life. Learning a language includes periods of invisible learning. Diet and exercise deliver benefits that are gradual and not […]
SPOUSE FACTOR: To create coherent investment planning strategies for life, for the family, you must involve your spouse. Why.
Speaking about money and finances is difficult for many. Money is personal. This blog is written by Dennis Friedman for HumbleDollar.com. This is good read and genuine human traits and reservations on money is narrated well I WASN’T COMPLETELY honest when I wrote a recent blog. HumbleDollar’s editor asked why I reduced my stock position in 2017 […]
Some of these things have been mentioned by us before. But they are important enough to be reiterated. In fact, they are often forgotten. We’d like to take this opportunity to quickly take you through five things that you must watch out for when it comes to planning your personal finances. Forget financial goals – Instead […]
‘Start with Why’, is a best selling book by Simon Sinek. It tells you why ‘The Why’ for everything around you is important. Simon has written the book to inspire others to do things which inspire them. The key point Sinek emphasises in this book is that it is the ‘Why’ that builds businesses and […]
The Mint asked us this question. They were writing a piece on the way forward for such funds. They wanted to know our thoughts on this because of a few small-cap funds re-opening their window for subscriptions. This was after a few fund houses took a call to selectively to close the subscription to their […]
What is contrarian investing? Put simply, it’s an investment strategy that is characterized by purchasing and selling in contrast to the prevailing sentiment of the time. Keep in mind, though, that it is anything but simple to implement and succeed at. This is because of the psychology of money. A contrarian believes that certain crowd behaviour among investors […]
If your portfolio comprises investments in mutual funds, how does the rise and fall in market indices affect it? Does it? If not, why not? All this and more we will demystify/illustrate in this short note about the relationship between your fund investment and broader market indices. The recent euphoric all time rise in Sensex […]
Change is hard. All efforts of changing things in business, organization, society or home boils down to one fact – Can we get people to start behaving in a new way? Chip & Dan Heath give a framework to how to instill this change and SWITCH behavior to achieve the desired outcome. In Switch: How […]