Loss cutting
In investing as in life, occasionally things will not go as per our plan. What should we then do? Cut our losses and move on, no matter how hard it is. This is what lucky people do.
Tag: Finance
Fogged Windshield
This is blog is about selling is much, much harder than buying. I have mentioned anecdotes of successful investors and their selling related mistakes.
Predicting rain
Warren Buffett said: Predicting rains does not count, building ark does. This blog takes the idea of working on the “arks” of our life now so that we are much better off in the future.
Importance of destroying ideas
Periodically we need to purge our minds of old cherished but outdated or incorrect ideas. That will make our minds fresh and nimble and we begin to take notions less seriously.
Science in Finance – 2
Scalar just has magnitude whereas Vector has magnitude and direction. This is a concept taught in Physics. But it can be applied to business as is shown through many case studies.
Swimming Naked
This is a blog about an NBFC that almost went bust because it got rich while doing stupid things. But it managed to survive and change course.
However the lesson is that arrange your affairs so that you can survive large events like say Covid and even thrive when other less prudent people struggle.
A bird in hand
Our natural wiring makes us veer towards certainty and away from uncertainty. But certainty comes at a cost. And it’s okay to seek some certainty too.
What’s on your mind?
A blog on how we tend to see and act based on what’s on our mind instead of thinking and acting better.
Bed of Procrustes
The Bed of Procrustes is a metaphor for fitting reality to meet the reality to our internal narratives rather than the other way around. When we confront our Bed, better to discard it than to behave like Procrustes.
Growth and Optionality
This is a blog on the importance of growth in investing and how companies can create optionalities for their shareholders.
Interest upon Interest 