Data suggests that over 50% of HNIs are unable to remain invested for even two years. This factoid made me think about something I wrote a few months back on Do Nothing Investing. I remembered a couple of our client stories – build on this philosophy, or they never bother to change the allocation. Do […]
How much wealth you should leave for your children? And Why?
Parag Parikh, Founder of PPFAS AMC Pvt. Ltd, shared his views in a panel discussion on value investing. Being an expert on the subject of behavioural finance, a stock market veteran and an author, his insights were brilliant. He nailed it down to one single take-away. There are no stock market geniuses. Just those savvy […]
In India we don’t generally put effort to learn ways of parenting – we think it just naturally springs up one we become parents. With my experience I will say it’s a mistake. If we don’t know better, we will parent the way we have been parented. This could be a good or a bad […]
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 […]
When you don’t reach your personal and financial goals, it can be both frustrating and disheartening for you and your clients. How can we change this for the better? Research has shown that using the principles of Self-Determination Theory your clients can dramatically increase their chances of success. This happens when you focus on a meaningful […]
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 […]