12 Financial Resolutions for the New Year
Every year, the week between Christmas and New Years Day has a strange duality about it. Year endings are about mellow acceptance of the failures in the year gone by and the excitement about new beginnings. This is the time when you hope and pray for a better future and there is also a […]
Investing Lessons from the Festival of Holi!
Mark Twain, “A year has 365 days, but India has 366 Festivals” Every celebration centers around the rituals of prayer, seeking blessings, exchanging gifts and goodwill, sharing, music, dance and feasting. In essence, the festivals teach us to Celebrate Life. Any excuse to celebrate is good, because the nature of our spirit is celebration. Holi teaches […]
22 Blogs Every Finance Professional / Investor must Read in 2022
As a finance professional, handling and managing the hard-earned money and the dreams of investors, also brings with it an implicit fiduciary responsibility, that we continuously upgrade and upskill ourselves to keep abreast with the latest happenings in an unbiased manner. Out of the vast treasure of knowledge, news, analysis, and data available on the […]
21 Best Articles/Blogs I Read in 2021
“Asato Maa Sad Gamaya, TamasoMaa,JyotirGamaya, Mritor Maa, AmritamGamaya, Aum Shanti Shanti, Shanti!” ~Rig Veda. (God, please lead me (by giving me knowledge) from the unreal to the real, From darkness (of ignorance) to the light(of knowledge), from death(limitation) to immortality(liberation) Acquiring wisdom is like irrigating a field, you just need to clear the path for […]
Financial lessons from Makar Sankranti !!
“Pher aa gayi Bhangre d vari Lohri manaun di karo taiyari, Agg de kol saare aao. Sundariye Mundariya jor naal gao!! “Lohri is more than just a festival; it is an expression of community togetherness, celebration of fertility and the joy of life. Lohri holds more social significance than religious flavour. Mark Twain said, “A […]
My Ten Rules for 2020
Isn’t The Dawn of a new Year a Wonderful Blessing, Doesn’t it stand for Hope, giving us another start of what we call Life… I don’t quite know where my steps or path will lead me, but I sure know how to embark on the journey in this new Year. As we sit and ponder […]
Prospects of Samvat 2076
We all love forecasts and making guesses. An end of a period and the start of the new Year is the most popular time to have another round of forecasts on the prospects for the year ahead. Diwali and the start of Samvat 2076- The Hindu Calendar Year- has brought with it a flood of […]
What is Contrarian Investing?
In the plains of the African national parks an event gets played out on a daily basis. The moment an impala or a deer senses danger and starts running; the rest of the herd also joins the run. Many in the herd will not even know what triggered the running. Similar scenes can be observed […]
$ 5 Trillion Maths
From the Ramparts of the Red Fort, Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared on the 15th August: “The goal to make India a $5 trillion economy by 2024 is challenging, but achievable.” By a simple CAGR calculation, The Indian Economy needs to grow at 13.11 % nominal rate to achieve the desired figure by 2024. Assuming […]
Equity Investment is all about…
An equity investment is money that is invested in a company by purchasing shares of that company. Equity investment in business is buying an ownership stake – a “piece of the pie.” Equity investors provide capital, almost always in the form of cash, in exchange for a percentage of the profits and losses.The main benefit from an equity […]