The risk of not taking enough risks

‘Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing’ – Warren Buffet

As human beings, avoiding uncertainties comes naturally to us. We are governed by the need for certain outcomes in almost all aspects of our life & investing is no different. As far as possible, many investors try & avoid taking risks while choosing their investments thereby, completely avoiding equities in their portfolio! But they don’t understand that not taking a certain level of risk is a risk in itself. Continue reading “The risk of not taking enough risks”

Investing for multibagger returns– Direct stocks or mutual funds? Here’s the verdict.

Author’s note:

A lot of our investors lost their hard-earned money by directly investing in stocks like Zomato, Paytm, Policybazar, etc. Even though the benchmarks have recovered but many of the individual stocks are still trading at a deep discount viz-a-viz their all-time highs. We thought of writing an article for such investors who are always in search of the next ‘multibagger’

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Why market crashes are inevitable & make sense for a long-term disciplined investor

Down market, bear markets, market crashes – whatever you want to call them follow no rules. History is proof that market crashes are inevitable. The reason stock markets have historically returned more than bonds or gold is specifically because they are volatile and crash on occasion. Please note that volatility is the price one must pay to achieve higher returns than are offered in
less volatile assets. Continue reading “Why market crashes are inevitable & make sense for a long-term disciplined investor”