Vulnerability is a state where individuals put themselves in a situation which could result in a triumph or loss. However, individuals still put themselves in the situation and risk being vulnerable. In most cultures vulnerability or showing your...Read More
For a greater part of this year, equity markets across the globe have been extremely volatile. In fact over the last one month, volatility has spiked to a level that has not been seen in the last few years. Long term investors...Read More
You have started investing but performances are far worse than what you anticipated. You soon start to make losses because of the falling markets. At first you ignored the phenomenon because it was a quick dip and would recover. However, instead of...Read More
Have you heard of the story of the Greek tragic hero called Achilles? It was predicted that Achilles would die young. To prevent such a disaster Achilles’ mother dipped him in a river that made him invulnerable, except his...Read More
The Psychology of Money is one of most researched fields among Behavioral sciences. It is an objective assessment of financial resources that is available to every individual and the behaviour that is triggered because of its...Read More
This year has been especially volatile for equity markets in India. The Sensex has fallen by 10% over the past one month. If we compare with the all time high in early March, the Sensex is down over 15% (as on Sep 2)...Read More
From time to time we see debates on expense ratios in the investment community. For the average retail investor in India, however, expense ratio is not an important factor in investment decision making. The average investors base their mutual fund...Read More
Nowadays, conversation of any importance always centers the young generation. It is solely because 60% of the population in India is young guns and they are making a difference to the economy. They are believed to be the major contributors to the...Read More
While investing in Mutual Funds, you go through fund reviews, watch funds performance, track historical performance, find out what experts have to say and based on that decide if you wish to buy the fund. In short, buying a fund is no...Read More
The volatility in the Indian equity market over the past few weeks is sure to have spooked a lot of retail investors. The Sensex fell over 2,500 points from 28,236 on August 7 to 25,741 on August 24, a nearly 10% decline in little over 2 weeks...Read More