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 […]
The Abilene Paradox in the Investment World
Do you often feel that you are heading in a direction you may not want to, but you still head that way because you assume that’s where everybody’s going?You want to observe traffic rules, but you see everyone ignoring the red light and you do the same. Someone breaks the lane while driving and the […]
Gurupurnima – Respect your Financial Advisor
“Guru and God both appear before me. To whom should I prostrate? I bow before Guru who introduced God to me” – Kabir When Swami Vivekananda first visited Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, he asked ‘I have read the Bhagavad Gita and other scriptures several times, I lecture and give discourses on the Gita and Ramayana. Do I […]
Be a “Dumb” Investor
Everyone we meet wants to be a “Smart investor.” Who are these “Smart Investors?” They are generally well read and well informed, professional, erudite and on top of their vocation or profession. They believe in studying the markets, investing when the timing is right and exiting when the market hits the peak. They prefer investing […]