by Rajat Sharma | Dec 6, 2019 | investment |
Recently, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had announced the Government’s plans to raise Rs 1 lakh Cr via disinvestment by selling their equities in five PSUs – BPCL, Shipping Corporation of India (SCI), Container Corporation (Concor), Tehri Hydro Development...
by Rajat Sharma | Dec 5, 2019 | investment |
The Government’s move to launch the Bharat Bond ETF is no doubt a good decision as it deepens the corporate bond market in India; But it comes at a time when retail investors are most likely to underperform even a basic Fixed Deposit if they invest in this instrument...
by Rajat Sharma | Dec 3, 2019 | investment |
The problem is that there is never just one cockroach in the kitchen! If Karvy Stock Brokers screwed up, so will some others. Sure, many stock brokers will be taking defensive action given how SEBI has dealt with Karvy. That said, more Karvy like issues cannot be...
by Rajat Sharma | Nov 5, 2019 | behavioural finance, investment |
I usually don’t write about these things, but not only for retail investors, also for the most sophisticated investors, Systematic Investment Plans or SIPs are the best way of making money over a longer term. I have seen investor behaviour for close to 2 decades and...
by Rajat Sharma | Sep 19, 2019 | behavioural finance, investment |
This is 100% true for 100% financial advisors; Just that some tell it more than others! (1.) We are likely to disclose selectively– No mentor ever told his prodigy – ‘you will have to lie to succeed’. That is not something anyone aspires to do. What financial...
by Rajat Sharma | Sep 6, 2019 | investment, valuation |
By now all of you would have looked at a gazillion charts and tables trying to relate Nifty’s 10-20 year average PE and comparing that to where we are today. Naturally, we have been in a very very expensive market for far too long. Markets have been running up with no...
