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Prediction Impossible 0

Prediction Impossible

A viral video that is circulating on the Internet is about well known anchor Udayan Mukherjee at a Investor regretting the fact that he as a television commentator (Anchor) has contributed to “leading people to a very short-termist, predictive kind of a mindset, for equity markets.” (his words in Quotes) For any one who has followed me on Twitter, I am...

Under performing Mutual Funds 0

Under performing Mutual Funds

Various studies in the US have shown that very few mutual funds out there have been able to beat the benchmarks and its no wonder that there has bee a steady and strong rise in the participation by investors into simple ETF’s that track the market. In India, the scene has been a bit different though with quite a few...

A new year, a new start 2

A new year, a new start

The Bombay Stock Exchange is the oldest stock exchange in Asia with it being established in 1875 but when it comes to Sensex, its just 29 years old. While trading in exchanges situated in United States were still trading using the pit, we moved to computerized trading. Even today, Initial Public Offers in United States is pretty opaque with only...