Last week, we looked at why you should invest in small-cap and mid-cap funds. This week, we’d like to share with you some small-cap funds you should consider investing in and why. The three funds in this category that we recommend are HDFC Small Cap Fund, SBI Small Cap Fund, and L&T Emerging Businesses Fund. […]
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 […]
Daniel Pink has written many thought provoking books. Free Agent Nation: The Future of Working for Yourself, A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future, To Sell is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others. 2012 are a few of them. In Drive, Pink challenges theories on what motivates people. Pink asserts that […]
Investors who are looking for an investment that offers stability of the corpus and good returns can invest in Franklin India Equity Savings Fund. This is new fund offering, we are reviewing for you. It is an open-ended fund. This means you can invest in it even after it closes and lists. Please note – […]
Last week, I was reading a blog by Carl Richards on talking about money. It struck me as an important topic. That is why I want to talk about it with you. Many Indian families don’t talk about money frankly. Practically speaking family member should know about the savings, wealth etc. When you have a […]
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 […]
In the last fifteen years, we have lived through at least two market crashes. Despite that the market bounced back to new highs what does this demonstrate?. The next time you think it’s a good idea to get in and out of the market based on some vague notion that you can predict ups and […]
Why Focusing on the Long Term is More Important Than Ever! Look at the photo above. See that road in the center that cuts through the mountain ridge? The history behind that road is one of the most remarkable tales of human perseverance, yet you have probably never heard it. The story starts in 1960 in […]