What is a hybrid mutual fund? Hybrid mutual funds allow one to invest in a combination of debt and equity. These can be further classified as equity hybrid and debt hybrid funds. In an equity hybrid fund at least 65%… Read more
Category: Education
What a broker does not want to tell you, ever!
Almost every second ad today urges you to trade. Equities, Debt, Money Market, Forex, Commodities, why even Real Estate flipping! Fairly obvious to these invites there are risks involved – and obviously only jokers like me look at risk! Here… Read more
Equity Research has no boundaries
Equity Research – a topic on which many people want me to write has no known boundaries! What all should one know for doing Equity research? Well right from Anthropology to Zoology, there is no topic which is not part… Read more
Who should be in equities?
To be invested in equities I normally look for the following characteristics in an individual. Will enumerate them here, but when I make such a statement, I mean really heavily in equities – like say 85% on a portfolio BELOW… Read more
How to do equity research
I have a brilliant friend who has worked for many big and important media houses. He told me once – when he was heading a magazine – “I have made up my mind, please do not confuse me with the… Read more
Market is simple to understand
The equity markets are simple to understand except if you try to use too much intelligence. The markets (internationally) is driven by various factors – macro and micro. The 3 important factors that one speaks of while talking market valuation… Read more
How Investors lose money?
One very important reason for people to lose money in the stock market is SELLING WHEN YOU ARE FORCED TO, NOT WHEN YOU CAN. Let us see what went wrong with one of the portfolios that I used to know…. Read more
India is not inexpensive!
For all those people who think that doing business in India is worthwhile because we are an inexpensive destination, please think again. Let us go to the basics of Economics: there are 4 factors of production needed for an enterprise… Read more
What is safe leveraging?
Let us get it right, the real rich do not borrow. Never ever for personal expenses, buying assets or personal INVESTING. Borrowing and investing is a very foolish thing to do for most people. Will a Mukesh Ambani or a… Read more
What a life Insurance agent says and what he means!
Yesterday I did a small gig on what a Real estate agent says…and how you should interpret it…so today it is the turn of the life insurance agent. 1. Sir since you have an income, you should have a life… Read more