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Making money from calamities – or the absence of it!!!!

The rich have a habit of high-stake gambles for making money. This has demonstrated itself over time, many times. Be it buying and storing cigars – high value hand crafted Havana’s, or wine from select vineyards with known pedigree or art or watches or pens. Of course, all of the highest quality...
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Where do investors go wrong?

The US-Israel-Iran war started some 6 odd weeks back, on the 28th of February. It was a lovely morning. Suddenly this monster which we had all imagined we had buried some 5 months prior to that, resurfaced. Although a large number were sure it was coming but the scale was a lot more than they [&hell...
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Should I quit the markets now

In wars, there is nothing right. Only what is left!!! As I sit down to write this article, the clouds have gotten darker and definitely more ominous. But for those who are in the capital markets as well as everyone who is saving and investing, the situation is definitely more than alarming. The cons...
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2026: WHAT THE YEAR HOLDS FOR US

2025 Played out pretty much as I had thought it would. Flatish for the equity markets across the capitalisation band except small caps and an unexpected rally in precious metals. But was there a silver lining? You bet!! Inspite of a lot of money going out of the markets via the foreigner investors r...
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Sensex at 1,00,000:: Are we going into a sweet spot for investing?

Even as I pen my thoughts on the direction of the markets in the coming days after a year of flat performance, I see the markets are down sharply with the BSE SENSEX down by about 600 points and the NIFTY 50 by some 150. Essentially 83,500 in the level we are at currently. So […]...
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TIME CORRECTION:: The surprise element that erodes value.

The brain cells tick a little slowly during the Durga Pujo time and for me it certainly does tick a lot slowly than others. Blame it on the atmosphere or the passage of time. But this morning I went through a podcast that made me think. Mr. Aashish Somaiya the MD of Whiteoak Capital Asset […]...
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Factor Investing: Now what is this new “thing”?

I remember when I started out in my career in fund management and my company, a joint venture between two giants, one global and one Indian, had a large number of very smart people coming in from mainly the mother lode – America.  Along with them, there was a trim set from Singapore. No matter [&...
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These issues make me nervous

I received quite a few WhatsApp messages on the direction of the market and the best markers there are. While the yield graph explanation was the most plausible and rational (and one that I am aware of), there were quite a few that were wacky but enticing. One was a very adult themed diagnostic mech...
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Blunderiff by Trump

Liberation!!!! The word has more than a hint of romance. More than a whiff of history. More than a seed for literature. For a country that got independent in 1776, having a liberation moment and announced with all bells and whistles, 250 years after is definitely less American and more Confucian. An...
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Should we be invested in Small Caps and Midcaps?????

There is a fair amount of “garam hawa” blowing on how the small cap segment specifically and maybe the mid cap segment too could be under “extra stress” and maybe in the next decade or so there is no upside possible. This has led to a clamour amongst investors that exposures in these two cat...
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