Best of times, worst of mistakes
This blog is about money. And how over centuries we seem to be making similar mistakes with it.
Tag: India
We’ll see
Time is the ultimate stressor. Most of the current narratives, ideas, books, products or technologies are unlikely to stand the test of time. On the other hand, things, ideas and products that have survived for hundreds of years are likely to do so in future too.
Voting machine vs weighing machine
This blog revisits some of Ben graham’s teachings related to markets and valuations.
Dot balls in investing
When there is nothing to do, do nothing. This is true in Test Cricket, Baseball, Investing and Business. It’s important to be patient and wait for the right opportunity rather than swing after suboptimal opportunities.
Lessons from a lost sheep
In this blog, I connect the Parable of the Lost Sheep from the Bible to investing in turnarounds. Just as there is extra happiness in finding the lost sheep, there is extra rewards for a turnaround that is successful.
Slack – the good bad word
Slack is like margin of safety. Slack helps countries, companies, portfolios and individuals to survive.
Strong swimmers
Survival is far more important than performance. To survive, we must negate all risks that threaten survival. One way to survive in the stock market is to have adequate diversification.
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.
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.
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Periodically we need to purge our minds of old cherished but outdated or incorrect ideas.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.
Interest upon Interest 