Behavioral Finance
The Difference between Process and Outcome
Imagine you are the owner of a cricket team. You are watching 2 players and one of them is Ishan Kishan (Mumbai Indians fame). The other person is not a cricket player (but you do ....
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November 10, 2020 | 5 Minute Read
Behavioral Finance
The Antifragile Investor
Nassim Nicholas Taleb wrote an insightful book “Antifragile: Things that gain from disorder”. The concept is so powerful and relevant not only to investing but our life in gene ....
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November 3, 2020 | 5 Minute Read
Behavioral Finance
Don’t be a Jim. Behave like Sue.
Last Tuesday, I had written a post “There will always be reasons for not Investing”. Today, I thought of writing a very simple yet powerful concept that I believe is worth gold ....
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October 20, 2020 | 5 Minute Read
Behavioral Finance
The Real Reason why people flock to Gold
I asked a few investors the other day “What do you think is the real reason for the noise around gold during uncertain times? Why does everyone start to talk about it?” The ans ....
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September 29, 2020 | 5 Minute Read
Behavioral Finance
The Art of Investor Construction
“The Art of Portfolio Construction in the New Normal” was the headline of the column in a magazine. Such titles always make me think about what if the healthcare industry could ....
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September 22, 2020 | 5 Minute Read
Behavioral Finance
Lessons from the last 40+ years of Investing
Last week, I had written a column on the Legend of Compounding and how most people never get to experience Compounding in their lives. I also wrote what you should do to experience ....
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September 8, 2020 | 7 Minute Read
Behavioral Finance
The Legend of Compounding
I am sure you would have guessed who the legend of compounding is but before I get into writing about this, let me narrate a few lines from a brilliant book “Boombustology” by ....
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September 1, 2020 | 6 Minute Read
Behavioral Finance
All of us would be better investors if we just made fewer decisions
Nobel Prize Winner and Author, Daniel Kahneman said these Golden Words. They are so insightful that I repeat them here “All of us would be better investors if we just made fewer ....
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August 25, 2020 | 5 Minute Read
Behavioral Finance
All that Glitters is not Gold even if it is Gold
The headlines these days scream Gold, Gold and Gold. As I write this post, Gold is trading around Rs.56400 for 10 grams. It seems that people are not getting enough of it. A popula ....
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August 11, 2020 | 5 Minute Read
Behavioral Finance
The Ingredients of a World Class B-Filter
I got an overwhelming response to my last Nano “The Bullshit Filter” and everyone was curious to know how to identify the believable Bullshit. They felt that unbelievable Bulls ....
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August 4, 2020 | 6 Minute Read
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