Category: Equity

So here we are on 17th June, 2013….wondering what to do in the markets? Well, well God yesterday was father’s day, help me God!! So, what’s a stock market investor’s best response to dropping stock prices? First, forget about rationalizing… Read more

Let me make it very clear, I love traders! They contributed to our profits when we were brokers. And traders would have trader friends, which meant they would get us more and more clients. Sadly Indian markets do not have… Read more

If you had asked me a question in 2008 or 9 – which was a better strategy – buy and hold or trading – I would have said buy and hold. In 2014 I am not so sure. In the… Read more

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

Should I invest in direct equities or should I invest in Mutual funds? Should I invest through a SIP in mutual funds or should I time the market? Even for people who have answered the question ‘should I invest in… Read more

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

It must have been in 2006 when a senior banker asked me to meet his neighbor’s cousin. She had lost her father (her mother had died long ago) and was having some problems understanding her late father’s portfolio. She had… Read more

Should I invest in direct equities or should I invest in Mutual funds? Should I invest through a SIP in mutual funds or should I time the market? Even for people who have answered the question ‘should I invest in… Read more

The primary preferences when it comes to planning for children’s education are equity funds and balanced funds. IFAs prefer these funds for those clients whose children are below 15 years. For clients with children above 15, most advisors go for… Read more

Five important traits of a product to be successful in the long run : (a) Relevance (across market cycles), (b) Genuine differentiation (in terms of Risk-Return-Liquidity matrix), (c) Viability for all stakeholders, (d) Structure that is efficient and (e) Fund… Read more