To quote Jason Zweig (Wall Street Journal columnist and one of my favourite writers on personal finance and investing) : Scientifically speaking, boredom is a mildly unpleasant state of mind usually triggered by a monotonous environment. He further adds ‘There’s another possible danger. “Boredom might be catching,” says Robert R. Provine, a psychology professor at the […]
FY 2022-23 was a year of ‘accumulation’ (reminded me of 2018-19). Corporate profits grew, Equity markets didn’t and hence valuations became reasonable. This meant we could buy more for the same investment. Sometimes investing can be that simple!!! This is exactly the kind of year, we at BuckSpeak, love. Our work-family grew as well. Vivek […]
‘Time is the only arbitrage in Investing today’ The above is such a simple and yet profound statement, shared by Vinit Sambre, CIO at DSP Mutual Fund, during a conversation we had last month. Back in the day, information inefficiencies used to be a huge arbitrage in equity markets. However, with the advent of technology, […]
Why ‘popular’ is not the best in quality Cambridge dictionary has this as the meaning of the word popular ; ‘liked, enjoyed, or supported by many people’. Popular is also generally a safer option, something which has to be attractive to a large section of its target group (TG). And that’s exactly where the problem lies. It is built […]