posted by Sreekant in Investments, Sreekant's scribbles on 25/04/2012
A big limitation with most of the financial products is that the benefit would be felt or enjoyed many years from the date of purchase. When you buy an insurance plan or a mutual fund whose performance is market linked, it is only years later would you know how well or badly it has performed. [...]
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posted by Sreekant in Behavioral Finance, Investments, Sreekant's scribbles on 20/03/2012
This article written by Sreekant has appeared in the Feb-Mar edition of The Financial Planning Journal. Investor behaviour still seems to be influenced by past experiences and perceptions, especially of the stock market, though the investment environment has seen a sea change over the years. Why are children generally afraid to sleep alone in the [...]
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posted by Sreekant in Investments, Sreekant's scribbles on 21/02/2012
Rajesh is a keen footballer. Has a lot of interest for the game, works hard and tries his best to score goals. But he has not progressed as much as he would’ve liked in the game as he hasn’t scored as many goals as would’ve been needed for him to progress. So he thought [...]
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posted by Sreekant in Investments, Sreekant's scribbles on 19/01/2012
Posted by Sreekant on 19-01-2012. It’s been quite a while since I wrote a blog post. Well, I was caught in the “Thane” cyclone and life was dislocated for a while. I was however lucky than most others in this area as my suffering and damage was much lesser than what I witnessed around me. [...]
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