Read any newspaper headlines about the stock market and you would come to believe that we have almost entered a bear market. There is a stock market crash leaving investor’s nowhere to run and portfolios are dripping RED. Here’s how some of them go. Sensex crashes 500 points. Market crash wipes out over Rupees 1 trillion […]
How to prepare your portfolio for a market crash?
The Sensex is hovering close to 33,000 points and the Nifty above 10,000 points, at the time of this writing. The government bond yields are also inching up. The number is now close to 7% from 6.6% in Sept 2017. Almost everyone I speak to believes that the markets are frothy and they can correct […]
No rules, no gains
One of the common investing rules you are told often is ‘No Risk, No Gain’. I contend that there is something more important. We call it – ‘No Rules, No Gains’. Humans err. We have behavioural issues too. We look for information that confirms our existing beliefs. We have little interest in the Truth. We tend […]
Retirement Planning – Use this calculator to know how ready you are
In an earlier post, we discussed about how much returns to expect from your mutual fund investments. In this post, we use an example of retirement planning and how returns expectation and your investment mix can impact your strategy. Chances are that you are not adequately prepared for retirement. Let’s use the numbers to know where do you stand […]