Category: Equity

A finance ministry official says “If foreigners are allowed to invest directly in India, volatility will go down in Indian markets”. I am completely unable to understand this. Like I cannot understand what is wrong with Intra day or Intra… Read more

If you were not around to see the -46% of 1993, but were around to see 2008, then 2011 would have looked quite bad. Seeing your portfolio shrink by 25% (worse if you did not have Bharti, but had more… Read more

The perennial search for quick money takes us through lot of unknown routes. It takes a lot of hard work, luck, government lobbying, team building – to create companies like Tata Steel, Hdfc, TCS, Infosys, Reliance, Honda Motors. It takes… Read more

how many of you have noticed that the Sensex and the Nifty may have gone nowhere in the past few weeks…but I have seen some explosive growth in: Cholamandalam Finance, EID Parry, Carborundum Universal, Tata Motors, Cummins…. just an observation… Read more

If we have been brought up on financial myths – can food myths be far behind? Well one of the myths is : Cow’s milk is food good enough to make you strong Cow’s milk gives you a lot of… Read more

The Facebook IPO is obviously too hot and something that everybody will watch. It is like a MJ release – you cannot ignore it. However the question is: Will it be the next Microsoft? Well not really sure – but… Read more

It is the time of the year when HR and accounts people chase you for your ‘investing’ proof. So people ask me the following questions: – should I invest in equities? -should I invest in ELSS? or should I invest… Read more

I am a direct equities guy – and most people reading my blog know that. So it is natural for them to expect that I would give tips on my blog. No, I do not. That you know by now…. Read more

I kept saying that the market perceives that the worst quarter – for a short time at least was the Q ended Dec 2011. Why this quarter? The interest rate increase was felt fully, sales were down…and obviously profits were… Read more

I have been asked this question a zillion times and I have answered it a zillion times….so there is a sense of exhaustion. So here is a Buddha Story…… One day an atheist comes to meet Buddha – and he… Read more