Tagged: Advisory

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Which is Better – DIY or Mutual Funds?

The last one year has been fantastic for literally everyone other than those who held too much Cash or were straight away bearish. Nifty went up nearly 60% in the last one year. 65% of stocks traded on the NSE did even better than that. Trend following systems had a splendid time as did Value or Growth factors. Only the...

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Climbing Trees & The Benefit to Cost Ratio

  One of the most abundant trees once upon a time in Bangalore as in many other cities across the south used to be the Coconut tree. Thanks to the fact that literally every part of it is useful, the tree is also called a Kalpavrisksha. Growth of city has meant a rise in number of trees being cut down to...

Asking the right questions 3

Asking the right questions

In the movie, I, Robot, James Cromwell playing the part of Dr. Alfred Lanning make the following statement. I am currently exploring the field of Data Analytic’s and Algorithmic Trading. One key aspect of this compared to the other ways of Analysis (Technical Analysis for example) is that one needs to throw the right questions to be able to get answers that can...

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The power of Authority

Yesterday as I watched the Bio-drama based on the life of Social Psychologist Stanley Milgram and it occurred to me that the same reasoning may hold good for why despite plenty of evidence, investors in market believe that by paying some one, their investing results may get better than what it would if they did not. A very long time ago,...