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
Behavioral Finance
Something to Learn from my Dad
In the previous Nano, I had written about the 3 Real Drivers of Performance. I know many people who practice these 3 Real Drivers diligently, but I thought of sharing a bit about M ....
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July 28, 2020 | 5 Minute Read
Behavioral Finance
The 20 Best Days in the Last 20 Years
Look at the above table closely.What do you see?The best 20 days in the last 20 years have come when the markets have been at their worst or in a deep corrective phas ....
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July 21, 2020 | 6 Minute Read
Behavioral Finance
How much is Enough?
There is this insightful column by Morgan Housel “When Rich People do Stupid Things?” In the column, he writes about the Vanguard Founder John Bogle’s book “Enough” and t ....
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July 14, 2020 | 5 Minute Read
Behavioral Finance
The 4 most dangerous words in Investing
A lot has been written about how the 4 most dangerous words of investing are “This time it’s Different”. I agree that these 4 words can be dangerous for investors in the way ....
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June 16, 2020 | 5 Minute Read
Behavioral Finance
Even Warren Buffett makes Mistakes, but he does one thing differently
A month ago, Warren Buffett sold his entire airline stake at a $ 3.5 billion loss. He said that the airline business will never be the same again. However, in the last 4 weeks airl ....
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June 9, 2020 | 6 Minute Read
Behavioral Finance
The 3 types of Investor Behaviour in the Current Market
“What’s happening in the current environment? The data is not so good, but markets are going up” said Raj, a seasoned senior corporate executive.
When the market goes up irr ....
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May 12, 2020 | 5 Minute Read
Behavioral Finance
Are you going through FODTWT?
I was talking to an investor Jai Mathur (30-year-old and married a year back) the other day who told me “I don’t know whether I am doing the right thing”. I asked him what he ....
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April 14, 2020 | 3 Minute Read
Behavioral Finance
6 Questions to ask yourself in case you feel the urge to Sell?
I have written some key questions that you should ask yourself and write down the answers.1. Why do I feel like Selling? Feel like Doing somethingDon’t want to look like a FoolP ....
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April 7, 2020 | 2 Minute Read
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