The Biggest investing Mistake Made in 20s
The biggest mistake we made in our 20s was not buying the wrong stocks. It was misunderstanding what money was supposed to do. Back then, we thought markets existed to make us rich. We never saw them as a place where wealth gets multiplied slowly, patiently, over decades. So we chased the wrong things – […]
Should You Stop SIPs in a Market Crash?
Over the last month, our inbox and phone have been full of the same two questions from investors: “Should I stop my SIPs?” and “Should I sell now and buy back when markets bottom out?” Both questions come from the same place – fear. And both lead to the same destination — permanent loss of […]
Spiritual Growth and Achieving Material Wealth
🌱 Why Should Anyone Recommend a Stock? A few days back one subscriber asked – “If you say nobody can predict what the stock markets will do in the short term, then how you are so sure about the future of stock “X__X”?” It’s a valid question. Why should anyone recommend a stock? In fact, if the markets […]
Active Vs. Passive Investing – a study of historical data on index stocks
Everytime there is a bull run in the market, it revives the debate around Active vs. Passive investing. This is because Index funds are most popular at the peak of a bull run. The biggest distraction area for mutual fund investors in bull markets is their inability to choose how they invest. They constantly switch […]
How you can be a stock market millionaire in 10 years
This post is obviously not for someone who has decided to struggle for half or all their life. If you are determined to sit in a cubicle or stand out in the field, to have no time for your loved ones or to party and play, then you should safely skip this post. If you […]
Why I Don’t Disclose
A few days back somebody asked me why I do not disclose the portfolio of stocks I am holding. He went on to ask me if I have sold Maruti Suzuki, a stock I had never ever purchased. He showed me an article where I was quoted as saying “ …. It makes a good […]
Don’t stop your Systematic Investment Plans – The only Rule of SIP Investing
I usually don’t write about these things, but not only for retail investors, also for the most sophisticated investors, Systematic Investment Plans or SIPs are the best way of making money over a longer term. I have seen investor behaviour for close to 2 decades and what I have learnt is that no matter how […]
Confessions: What your Financial Advisors will not tell you
This is 100% true for 100% financial advisors; Just that some tell it more than others! (1.) We are likely to disclose selectively– No mentor ever told his prodigy – ‘you will have to lie to succeed’. That is not something anyone aspires to do. What financial advisors do all the time however is to […]
Top 3 Investing Mistakes which destroy wealth in stock markets
There will be exceptions to each of the three investing mistakes below; where committing such a mistake would have actually made you money. That is the very reason why investors continue to make these mistakes – that sometimes committing this mistake will save you or make you money. In general however, or let’s say in […]
Why Is It Easy To Make Other Peoples’ Decisions?
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