Think of the upper echelons of the money-management business, and the image that springs to mind is of fusty private banks in Geneva or London’s Mayfair, with marble lobbies and fake country-house meeting-rooms designed to make their super-rich clients feel at home. But that picture is out of date. A more accurate one would feature…
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How To Live off 35% of Your Income & Retire by 40
In the age of Silicon Valley, a lot of us dream of launching the next Warby Parker, Instagram, or Airbnb—a wildly successful business that will leave us financially set for life. But the game is kind of rigged. Research says that, on the whole, entrepreneurs aren’t the fearless, high-achieving heroes we imagine them to be….
How To Short A Stock & Make Money
To a novice investor, short selling sounds like one of those sophisticated, mysterious techniques that professional traders use to rob others blind. In reality, anyone can short a stock and make a profit if the stock drops in price.Short selling can be a powerful tool in your investment toolbox, but you need to understand the…
9 questions to ask before investing
You would think that managing an investment portfolio for returns and risk should be sufficient to protect your interests as an investor. But costs and taxes are an integral part of financial products, and they can bleed the returns your money can earn. Not only does it take a bite out of your returns, but…
Why millennials are choosing shares over home ownership
Chris Brycki founded Stockspot, an investment firm that focuses on millennials who have chosen to skip home ownership in favour of shares, in 2013. “Between 5 and 10 per cent I’d say of our clients are specifically investing to save up for a house deposit,” he said. “The rest either have decided they either don’t…
Venky’s to buy Blackburn Rovers
Blackburn have edged closer to opening up a new frontier in English football by becoming the first Premier League team to have Indian owners. The club confirmed that talks with the Venky’s conglomerate over a £46million deal are close to conclusion and a takeover should be completed next month. The price includes £25m to buy…
Just Read – Common Stocks & Uncommon Profits – Philip A Fisher
Happened to lay my hands on the audio file of this book and managed to finish the audio / book in 2 days flat. Its obviously an advantage getting the audio of books so that i can just transfer the files to my mp3 player and listen to them on my travels to work. Holding…
Equity Updates – Asahi Songwon Colours
Sold off Asahi Songwon for a very good profit. The below shown chart should give you an idea of how much the stock grew in the past 1 year. Also bought more stocks of MIC Electronics & Graphite India This year the dividend payout has been pretty good. Add to that bonus shares from both…
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Been swamped with work. Have no time to read websites let alone update this one. Have taken a break from reading books too as i realised that the business magazines that i had bought are gathering dust in a corner. So, carry them in my bag to and fro work hoping to read them than…
Anyone wants free advice?
The self appointed leader of the Hindu community in the US, Rajan Zed is on an advising spree for the past few months. From advising Mischa Barton about sitar player gurujis to protesting about Playboy’s investments into India to rubbishing Vanity Fair on their list of best dressed celebrities to advising Claudia Ciesla to seriously…
Nano to launch today
Tata Motors said it will launch its ultra-cheap Nano car in Mumbai on Monday — a vehicle meant to herald a revolution by making it possible for the world’s poor to purchase their first car. But few predict the snub-nosed Nano will be able to turn around the company, which has been beset by flagging…
To Buy or Not to Buy
Very often we get a good bargain and think that we are quite intelligent to get that bargain. Whereas in truth, the reason why we got the bargain could have been simply because we were lucky or just happened to be at the right place at the right time. A friend of mine had bought…
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