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 […]
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 […]
Daniel Kahneman, a Nobel Laurette for his work on the psychology of judgment, decision-making and behavioural economics, has put forth ‘’Principal of loss aversion”,which says people dislike losing money more than they like making it. People feel losses more deeply than gains of the same value. This is so true. This is because money matters […]
Allowing emotions to rule your investment strategy is, and always has been, a recipe for disaster. All great investors follow a strict diet of discipline, strategy and risk management. The early days of the New Year are a good time to reflect and consider the year past. 2017 WAS ONE OF THE BEST YEARS FOR […]
It sounds obvious. But many of us don’t make time to do this. Is it important? Yes? Why? Last week, it was time for PTM (Parent teacher meeting) for my daughter. PTM is when we visit school, meet teachers, and understand the progress of the child. We also get to know how naughty or otherwise […]
Equity Markets Outlook Global: Surge in the world economies. Growth is picking up. Strong US economy, China picking up. Though commodities are best, equities are more favoured asset class among global investors. Only US continues to increase rates. Japanese equities likely to do well when there is strong US dollar. Money printing continues in Europe […]
Today Government of India (GOI) announced opening of second tranche of Sovereign Gold Bond issue.The issue is open for subscription till January 22.We got a query for should one look at investing in this scheme? Here is our quick take on the scheme. This is one of the Schemes which GOI wants to promote to […]
“The stock market is a giant distraction for the business of investing” –John Bogle Over the last few weeks, the equity market has been extremely volatile. As usual some of you might have started feeling uncomfortable about this volatility. Volatility is very much part of equity market feature. It’s all driven by sentiments. Here is […]
There is no such thing as a good tax’- Winston Churchill April is the starting month of the new financial year for computing the tax. Here we summaries our take on the tax saving options and general to do’s & don’ts while saving for the tax under 80C limit where you can invest up to […]
Get the best of Budget 2015 in the next few hundred words with these budget bites. And for a detailed analysis on how Budget 2015 affects your financial future, schedule a meeting with your financial planner. On that note, here’s to budget bites to help you gain ground. First things first, Budget 2015 will definitely […]