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Motivational Guru Anthony Robbins says “The quality of your questions determines the quality of your life”.  In the investment parlance, I would like to say ” The quality of your questions determines the quality of your portfolio”. In most of the cases, investors ask these questions- How is the market these days? What do you see the market behave in the near future? Should I invest or wait […]

There is a debate going around the basic structure of our constitution. Except for a few different tunes, the majority of experts believe that the basic structure like supremacy of the constitution, unit and sovereignty of India, democratic and republican form of Government etc should always remain intact. There cannot be any tinkering with the basic structure. Similarly, your financial plan also has a core or basic structure, […]

Generally, lethargy is considered as bad. Be active, be decisive, this is what we are advised. But lethargy can be very helpful for investment success. In fact, being overactive is counterproductive. We will discuss that later but first about lethargy. Taking investment decisions always looks difficult and challenging. Where should I invest? Is this a good time to invest or should I wait? Which is a good […]

Out of those who join Gym, just 10% continue after a couple of months. This ratio increases manyfold if they have a gym buddy. The buddy would continuously pressurise you, persuade you and make the gym visit, a task that must be done. Soon, going to the gym together becomes a fun game. That’s the power of having a buddy. Same thing applies to having a […]

Mostly, there are two sets of investors. One who forgets their portfolio till someone asks them to review it and the other who always cling to their portfolio and keep wondering whether funds need changes. What should be the right strategy? The right thing is to do it in such a way that you can monitor the dynamic situations like- 1) The nature of your financial […]

When Australia made 434 runs in a 50 over match against South Africa, it was thought that the result of the match was a foregone conclusion. It was a world record score already by a distant margin. Additionally, team batting second would have been inundated by the pressure of such a super heavy score. But South African batsmen decided to focus on one ball at a […]