Confession Time: The last post on Antifragility did not get responses from readers which I expected it to get. To be more specific, the number of comments which the post got was ZERO. :-(Probably it was because the 10 Principles…
Year: 2014
10 Principles (actually 9) which ensure that First Financial Accident that occurs does not make You Bankrupt
One of the writers whose posts I ensure I don't miss is Shane Parrish of Farnam Street. What I like about Shane is his philosophy which states: “I am not smart enough to figure out everything myself, so I try…
Proof(s) of How Small is India’s Largest Company – Last One is a Big Surprise!!
A few days back, I was going through list of index constituents, when something caught my eye:Currently, India’s largest company by market capitalization is TCS. It has a market cap of Rs 5.4 Lac Crores; which is equivalent to about…
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Interview – Safal Niveshak’s Vishal Khandelwal – Part 2
You can read the first part of this Interview is available here.Question.4How do you typically find ideas and what is your selection process before an idea gets added to your portfolio?I somewhere read Warren Buffett as saying, “Can you really…
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Money Saving Tip # 4 – Want To Buy It? Wait For 15 Days
After the Controversial Money Tip # 3 (which did not go down very well with married readers 😉 ), here is another one to help you save some money. And with festival season just round the corner, this might be…
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37 Quotes from The Best Book on Investing Ever Written
Benjamin Graham’s book - The Intelligent Investor is regarded as the Holy Bible of Value Investing. Even the master investor Warren Buffett has a very high regard for the book and refers to it as the best book that has ever…
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Interview – Safal Niveshak’s Vishal Khandelwal – Part 1
If you are genuinely interested in learning about investing & have been doing self-study on the internet, then chances are that you would know Vishal very well.Vishal Khandelwal is a value investor-cum-blogger who is on a mission to simplify Value…
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One Disturbing Fact About AliBaba’s IPO And How It Cautions Indian IPO Investors
Alibaba recently did the largest IPO in United States’ history. And the $21+ Billion IPO was just a notch lower than the largest one ever done in the world. And with listing day gains of almost 38%, the company now…
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Doctors Required For Financial Prescriptions
If anyone ever claimed that they have never visited a doctor, then it would be hard to believe. And to be honest, I have always looked upto doctors not because they help us stay healthy, but because they have an…
What I told a Frustrated Guy in Job. At 37, He Retired few Months Back – Part 3
This post was long due after I did Part 1 and 2 in April this year. Though the story of this guy was covered in first two parts, I wanted to do a follow up post highlighting some of the…
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Dissecting The 98 Most Powerful Words That Can Make You Really Very Rich
At 98 words, previous post on Stable Investor was the shortest one ever. But probably one of the most important ones, if I was to consider its potential impact on a genuine long term investor’s life. Read these 98 words…
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98 Words That Can Make You Very Rich
"Experience tends to confirm a long-held notion that being prepared, on a few occasions in a lifetime, to act promptly in scale, in doing some simple and logical thing, will often dramatically improve the financial results of that lifetime. A…
After 47.2% between Feb & May, PSU Bank Tracker Portfolio takes a breather with 10.9% – Update 3
It’s time for 3rd quarterly update of PSU Bank Portfolio. For benefit of those who do not know the whole story behind this tracking portfolio, I would briefly share the purpose of this portfolio:In November 2013, like many others, I…
What Not To Do With Rs 10 Lacs
I have just come back from a trip to my hometown and this is the reason I could not update the site for last few days.During my stay at home, something interesting happened when I had to accompany a family…
Proof (Using 24+ Years Data) that Market Timing May Not Be Worth the Effort…Atleast for Us
I know people who have an uncanny knack of making correct calls (with almost perfect timings) in markets. And surprisingly, they are right more often than they are wrong. This surprises me as almost all wise investors are of view…
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