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Skill or Luck: What is the true source of your investment success?
To assess your investment success evaluate your portfolio’s performance over time. Compare randomly picked portfolios and ask questions like the process used, consistency of profits, and risks taken
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Nifty 50 hits record highs but is the market overvalued?
Market valuations suggest it's not overvalued despite elevated levels. Sector valuations show mixed signals
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Investing is not always a logical decision, the mind has its own bias
While making investment decisions it’s not all data and analysis, human emotions too play a crucial role. This blog highlights some of the biases and ways to tackle them
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Human psychology and investments: Daniel Kahneman’s theory decoded
The late Daniel Kahneman, who won the Nobel Prize, established a link between psychology and economics, especially those related to investments
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How can you benefit from current volatility in Nifty 50?
Volatility indicates the level of risk associated with the price changes of a security. Volatility in small dose is essential however a large dose could be lethal. So, how can one benefit from volatility? Read on
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Mutual Funds: Why have funds that topped rankings in 2019 plummeted?
While there are benefits of mutual fund investing, investors must consider several parameters while selecting a fund and not just past returns. Since there is a lot of analysis needed while selecting a fund and given the fluctuation in fund rankings in recent years, index funds may be the best option for a passive investor
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Demystifying Concepts: Should you invest in the brands you use?
Just because a brand is popular or that you use it in your daily life doesn’t mean that it will make you a profit on your investments. It’s called familiarity bias. Here’s how one can tackle this trap
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Stock market and how it reacts to the Budget explained in three charts
Investors are often more active around Budget time. This generally increases the overall volatility during budget periods even though there is no significant impact on the Nifty 50 Index
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Personal Finance: Deciding between buy-and-hold, booking profits
With Nifty at record highs, many investors are weighing the question of holding or booking profits. Here’s an analysis on how to approach this dilemma
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Timing the markets is futile. But SIPs mitigate that problem
Those who stay invested in markets through SIPs are likely to book larger returns than those who bet on timing to enter and exit the market. Read on about two scenarios centred around the market crash of 2008 to see how timing, time in markets, and SIPs make a difference
