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July 2021
- What to Do When There’s No Stock to Buy?
- Beware the IP-Ohs
- Safal Niveshak is 10 Years Old
- Of Free Brains and Effortless Money
June 2021
- Ben Graham: Just Plain Lucky?
- The One Percent Show: Episode 1 – Manish Chokhani
- Is Day Trading a Good Idea?
- A Simple Online Stock Portfolio Tracker
- Welcome to The Money School: Teaching Kids About Money - Part 1
- From Hubris to Humility
May 2021
- The Limits of Numbers in Life and Investing
- How I Invest (And Why You Should Not Care)
- Two Monks and One Big Lesson in Life and Investing
- One Important Reminder
- A Marwari Mental Model to Make Quick Decisions
- Avoid Multiplying by Zero
April 2021
- How to Minimize Shocks from the Unknowns and Unknowables of Life
- How to Be Okay When Things Are Not
- The Last Things on My Mind
- My Talk on Long Term Investing in the Age of Short Attention Spans
March 2021
February 2021
January 2021
- A Cheat Sheet To Avoid Stock Market Ruin
- The Sketchbook of Wisdom: Pre-Order Ends Today
- My Stock Valuation Manifesto
- Beware the Boredom of Bull Market
December 2020
- 51 Ideas from 2020
- Lost Money on Stocks? Have No Shame
- I Have Never Sold Stocks for This Reason
- The 42nd Lesson
- Dare to Be Wrong
- Wisest Words Ever Spoken About Investing
November 2020
- The Power of Visual Thinking
- 30 Big Ideas from Seth Klarman’s Margin of Safety (Special Report)
- Value Investing Almanack: Special Offer
- Regret Missing the Rally in Stocks? Now What?
- Want to Become a Full-Time Investor? Here’s Your Checklist
- What Money Worry Keeps You Awake At Night?
- The Secret to Learning Anything
- Jet Airways and the Dangers of 'Buy and Hope'
- A Father’s 16 Lessons for His Daughter
October 2020
- Investing Math is the Simple Part
- Result: Value Investing Contest 2020
- Lesson in Valuation from a 2200-Year-Old Greek Mathematician
- The Easier Money Has Been Made
- I Have Seen Tomorrow
September 2020
- Beware of Stockbrokers
- Value Investing Contest 2020
- The Fault, Dear Investor, is Not in Your Investments, But in You
- A 2000-Year-Old Technique for Weathering Life’s Storms
August 2020
- Dear Mr. Buffett
- A Value Investor's Lesson on Valuing People
- When You Become a Millionaire
- High Risk ≠ High Return
- The Sketchbook of Wisdom: A Hand-Written Manual on the Pursuit of Wealth and Good Life
- The Five Most Irrelevant Facts of Stock Investing
- Personal Finance for Smart People: A Pocket Guide for Wealthier Life
- A Father's Lessons for a Good Life
- When Long-Term Investing is a Bad Idea
- Ben Graham's 3 Secrets to Living A Good Life
July 2020
- The Right Kind of Investing Education
- Fundamentals Vs Expectations
- Think in Market Caps, Not Stock Prices
- Stock Prices: Information or Influence?
- Beware the Excel Spreadsheet
- The Only Way to Win in Investing
- Safal Niveshak is 9 Years Old
- As Long As You Don't Lose Money
June 2020
- Bitter Truths of Stock Valuation...and How You May Avoid Them
- The Fundamental Things Apply, As Time Goes By
- Be Water, My Friend
- Investing and the Art of Wait
- How Fortunes are Made in Stock Market
- The Magical Rule of Four, or Maybe Seven
- A Simple Formula for Survival in Life and Investing
- Why I Write What I Write?
- Chance Has No Memory
- The Power of Meditation in Life and Investing
- Who Wants a 20% Annual Risk-Free Return?
- A Simple P/E Valuation Model that Works
- Nobody Knows What’s Going to Happen
- 20 Lessons on Starting Up
May 2020
- Why We're Ignorant of Our Own Ignorance
- Give Your Investment Ideas Some Legs
- Make-Lose Vs Lose-Make
- The Riskiest Moment in Investing
- The Man in the Arena
- The Fastest Path to a Better Life
- The Hedonic Treadmill
- An Unexamined Life
- All That Matters
- Are You Betting on a V-Shaped Recovery in Stock Market?
- The “Rashomon Filter” to Make Good Investment Decisions
- How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big
- You Lost Your Job, Now What?
- Oh, EBITDAC!
- Is Value Investing Dead?
- No One Has Any Idea
- Mamba Mentality and How to Win at the Stock Investing Game
- Owning Stocks is a Long-Term Project
- Once Upon a Time in the Stock Market
- Where Should You Begin?
- Anatomy of A Stock Market Loss
- Why We Make Bad Decisions
- Stock Investing is a Humbling Game
April 2020
- The Most Important Stock Investment Lessons I Wish I Had Learned Earlier
- Thinking, the Einstein Way
- What Stock Market Disclosures Must Read Like
- ROCE-Growth Matrix, and Few Potential Wealth Creators (Update)
- You Are A Black Swan
- Life is Easy. Why Do We Make It So Hard?
- 86,400 Seconds
March 2020
- Investing and the Power of Uncertainty
- Becoming An Investing Buddha
- How I’m Investing My Own Money Through the Crisis
- 11 Positive Things to Do Amidst the COVID-19 Crisis
- Shaken by Stock Market Carnage? Forget Everything
- Mastermind Value Investing Course: 11th Batch Admission Ends on 31st March
- How to Select Stocks and Survive this Stock Market Crisis
- COVID, Investing, and You: A Few Questions Answered
February 2020
- My Notes on Warren Buffett’s 2019 Letter to Shareholders
- My Talk at Value Investing Summit 2020, Kuala Lumpur
- The Getting Rich Quadrant
- Budget: Much Ado About Nothing
January 2020
- Value Investing Workshop & Camp Millionaire: Mumbai
- Life is Short
- The Math of Debt
- What Nobody Told You About Financial Freedom
- Ten Rules to Live By in 2020
December 2019
- 51 Ideas from 2019
- People Don’t Change
- Long Term Investing in the Age of Small Attention Spans
- The 41st Lesson
- The Secret of Money
- Eliminate These 5 Writing Blunders
November 2019
October 2019
- Scaling Fallacy in Investing
- Small Steps to Change Your Life, Simplicity, and Living with Acceptance
- Forces Shaping Our World, Fixed Vs Growth Mindset, And Handling Failure
- Three Types of Management
September 2019
- Recipe for Successful Long-Term Investing, Biggest Financial Regrets, and Applying Stop Loss in Life
- How to Survive the Death of Businesses
- How to Win At Investing (And At Anything in Life)
- 5 Ways to Destroy Your Wealth
- Why Value Investing Works
- Of Ben Graham, Investing, and Eternity
- Doing the Work is NOT Enough
August 2019
- Is Your Stock Portfolio A Museum or A Warehouse?
- Investor, Pay Attention
- Safal Niveshak, Uncopyrighted
- Why Most People Will Never Be Good at Investing
- A Story of Courage and Hope from the Life of Charlie Munger
July 2019
- Stock Market Crisis: Your Big Questions…Answered
- Investing in Uncertain Times
- Being Prepared
- Two Big Lessons from History
- Safal Niveshak is 8 Years Old
June 2019
- We the Corrupt
- Being Average in the Age of Alpha
- Buy and Hold: Simple, NOT Easy
- Latticework of Mental Models: The Rashomon Effect
May 2019
April 2019
- Announcing – Classroom Course in Value Investing
- Investing’s False Positives
- How to Be A Fortunate Investor
- 20 Ideas That Changed My Life
March 2019
- ROCE-Growth Matrix, and Few Potential Wealth Creators
- Stock Analysis: The Most Important Things (Plus, A Case Study)
- India’s Market Leaders: My 10 Key Observations
- Rule Number One: Never Lose Money
- Dealing with Stupidity in Investing
February 2019
- My Notes on Warren Buffett’s 2018 Letter to Shareholders
- Sherlock Holmes’ Thinking Blueprint, Greatest Investor You’ve Never Heard Of, And Marcus Aurelius On Mortality
- How to Screen for Stock Ideas
- My Talk at Value Investing Summit, Kuala Lumpur
- Wall of Ideas
- The Low-Priced Way to Lose Money in the Stock Market
January 2019
- The Untold Story of A Self-Made Investing Millionaire
- Stress and Investing: A 20-Point Checklist
- Seven Big Ideas from Fooled by Randomness
- 2019: My Depth Year
December 2018
- 51 Ideas from 2018
- The Journey
- Lecture Presentation and Notes: Surviving the Investing Game
- The 40th Lesson
- Alexa, How Can I Get Rich?
November 2018
- The Sixteen Silliest (and Most Dangerous) Things People Say About Stock Prices
- Siddhartha's Dilemma, Marcus Aurelius On Honest Men, And Bezos on Amazon
- Zoom Out, Baby, Zoom Out
- Fighting the Last War
- From Darkness Unto Light
- In Praise of Mediocrity, Being Happy, And Learning How to Learn
October 2018
- How to Get Wealthy (Over Time)
- The Low Stress Way to Research Stocks
- Thinking in Bets, Lessons from Howard Marks, and Few Insights on D-Mart
- What We (Don’t) Know
- One Big Investing Lesson I Learned Late in My Life
- 10 Demons of Investing
- Stock Analysis Excel Template Version 4.0
- Saving Your Retirement from a Stock Market Crash
- How to Deal With the Harsh Reality of a Stock Market Crash
- 3 Iron Rules of Life and Investing
September 2018
- On Stories We Tell
- What Are You Afraid Of?
- Meditations on Mortality in Life and Investing
- Investing and the Art of Stillness
- Remembering the 2008 Crisis, and A Few Lessons Learned
- Of Politics, Biases, and Investing
- The 9 Biases of Value Investors
August 2018
- Being Vulnerable
- Being A Father
- The Books That Made Me – Part 3
- A Hidden Cost Called Rented Suit Liability
- Latticework of Mental Models: Lollapalooza Effect
- The Dangers of Persistence
July 2018
- Whatever the Chatter, Corn Keeps Growing
- Value Investing Workshop - Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai
- Stock Analysis and the Illusion of Control
- What to Do With Losing Stocks in Your Portfolio
- Safal Niveshak is 7 Years Old
- Special Anniversary Offer: Value Investing Almanack (Premium Newsletter)
- Investing and the Art of Catching Falling Knives
June 2018
- The Paradox of Knowledge
- High Quality Vs Low Price
- How Much is Enough?
- The Turkey Illusion
- Feynman's Hack and the Map of the Cat
- The Most Important Question We Never Ask
May 2018
- Consistency, the Playground of Dull Minds
- The Books That Made Me – Part 2
- Where is the Stock Market Headed: A Conversation With My Friend
- Investing and the Art of Cloning
- Warren Buffett, Humility, and 25 Other Lessons in Investing
- Results: Value Investing Contest 2018
- Roulette, Mispriced Bets and Investing
- How to Create An Antifragile Life, and A Stock Portfolio (A Personal Experiment)
- Do Nothing When Nothing Must Be Done
April 2018
- Nassim Taleb on True Wealth
- How Not to Bet
- What You Need to Succeed in Investing (Hint: It’s Not Genius Brain)
- 5 Lessons on Life & Investing from Guy Spier’s Education of a Value Investor
- 7 Secrets of Warren Buffett’s Success (as per Charlie Munger)
- My Interview with Farnam Street's Shane Parrish
- A Guide to Getting Good at Dealing with Stock Market Chaos
- Of Bad Businesses, Unethical Managers, and Stock Market Volatility
March 2018
- Process, Practice, Perseverance
- Lesson from a Dozen Angry Men
- Before Your Song Is Over
- Safal Niveshak Value Investing Contest 2018
- Latticework of Mental Models: Benford's Law
- How Much is Enough, and A Few Other Questions
- Latticework of Mental Models: Thinking From First Principles
- How to Get Rich
- My Notes on Warren Buffett's 2017 Letter to Shareholders
February 2018
- Charlie Munger on Bitcoins, Banking, AI, and Life
- Latticework of Mental Models: Hot Hand Fallacy
- Dealing with Stock Market’s Moments of Terror
January 2018
- Safal Niveshak's Value Investing Workshop - International
- My Interview with Kenneth Jeffrey Marshall
- The Art of Asking Good Questions
- The Wisdom of Intelligent Investors (Special E-Book)
- 13 Secrets to Becoming a Better Writer
- Latticework of Mental Models: Impact Bias
- The Books That Made Me - Part 1
December 2017
- Safal Niveshak’s 2017 Annual Letter to Tribe Members
- Latticework of Mental Models: Domain Dependence
- A Short Guide to Reading and Learning for Investors
- Lecture Presentation and Notes: Seeking Wisdom in the Age of Information
- My Thoughts on Investing in 2017, 2018, and Beyond (Video)
- Circle of Competence: What and Why
- The 39th Lesson
November 2017
- What We Are Listening To: Our Favourite Podcasts on Business, Investing, and Learning
- My Thoughts on Value Investing, Personal Finance, and Life (Podcast)
- Latticework of Mental Models: Manufactured Memories
- 16 Investing Lessons from a Superinvestor the World Forgot
- Value Investing Workshop & Camp Millionaire: Chennai & Kolkata
October 2017
- My Interview with Morgan Housel
- I Disclose
- The Most Important Thing That Counts in Investing is Character
- How to Teach Kids the Value of Money
- Safal Niveshak Stock Analysis Excel Version 3.0
September 2017
- StockScan: Accelya Kale Solutions Ltd.
- The Art of Reading Balance Sheet (Video)
- Latticework of Mental Models: Fundamental Attribution Error
- Imagine It’s September 2007
- Annual Report Review: Info Edge
- The J-Curve Model of Thinking, Living, and Investing
- Annual Report Review: Symphony
- The Dhandho Investor's Guide to Calculating Intrinsic Value
August 2017
- Annual Report Review: Avenue Supermarts (D-Mart)
- Financial Shenanigans 101
- StockScan: Bajaj Corp Ltd.
- Two Wise Men: 40 Stories for Children Inspired from the Wit and Wisdom of Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger
- StockScan: V-Mart Retail Ltd.
- Inverting the Money Problem
- My Stock Selection Framework
July 2017
- Move Forward, But with Caution: Lessons from Howard Marks on How to Deal with Bull Markets
- Our First Money Workshop for Children - Some Key Lessons Learned
- Latticework of Mental Models: Echo Chamber Effect
- Dealing with Failure in Life and Investing: Lessons from the Chaos Monkey
- Safal Niveshak is 6 Years Old!
- 10-Point Action Plan for a Young Earner
June 2017
- Small Circles: The Theory of Mastery in the Art of Learning and Investing
- Announcing Camp Millionaire – Money Workshop for Children
- Why I Don't Talk About My Stocks Publicly, And Why You Shouldn't Either
- Safal Niveshak Stream – The Powerful Effect of Compounding Goodwill
- Latticework of Mental Models: Risk Aversion Vs Loss Aversion
- How to Generate Stock Ideas: An Unusual Lesson from a 1939 Book
- Being Lucky Vs Being Good
- Safal Niveshak Stream – Three Magic Words for Investing Your Money
May 2017
- One Powerful Success Secret from Ben Franklin that Changed My Life
- Safal Niveshak Stream - Advice from Buffett, Munger, and Gates
- How NOT to Teach Your Children about Money (A Personal Experiment)
- Latticework of Mental Models: Decision Fatigue
- Investing Lesson from How Doctors (Don't) Think
- Latticework of Mental Models: Zeigarnik Effect
- How to Survive the Next Stock Market Crisis
- Reasonable Expectations
- The Curse of a Bull Market
April 2017
- Latticework of Mental Models: Physics Envy
- How to Analyze a Business, the Sherlock Holmes Way
- Oh, My Impatient Generation!
- Why I Don’t Invest in Banking Stocks
- The Ultimate Game of Economics
- Bull Market and Bad Habit of Being Right
March 2017
- Latticework Of Mental Models: Hedgehog Vs Fox
- Analyze a Stock in 60 Minutes (Free Stock Analysis Excel Version 2.0)
- Two Wise Men: Stories for Children Inspired from the Wit and Wisdom of Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger
- Notes from Howard Marks' Lecture: 48 Most Important Things I Learned on Investing
- 3 Big Investing Lessons from the World’s Greatest Stock Market Speculator
February 2017
- Investing is Simple, but Not Easy
- One Idea That Could Change Your Life (and How You Invest)
- My Notes on a Brilliant Investment Letter I Just Read
- The Most Powerful Mental Model for Identifying Stocks
- My Interview with Jason Zweig
- Safal Niveshak Stream – February 4, 2017
- The Big Budget Challenge: Are You Up for It?
January 2017
- Safal Niveshak Stream – January 28, 2017
- Women and Investing: A Conversation With My Wife
- Safal Niveshak Stream – January 21, 2017
- 28 Big Ideas on Investing, Business, Life, Behaviour, and Thinking (Special E-Book)
- Safal Niveshak Stream – January 14, 2017
- Latticework Of Mental Models: Planning Fallacy
- Safal Niveshak Stream – January 7, 2017
- 10 Qualities of Great Investors
- 7 Acceptances (Not Resolutions) to Live By in 2017
December 2016
- Safal Niveshak’s 2016 Annual Letter to Tribe Members
- Latticework Of Mental Models: Lucretius Problem
- Safal Niveshak Stream – December 17, 2016
- Latticework Of Mental Models: Chauffeur knowledge
- Investing and the Power of Serendipity
- Safal Niveshak Stream – December 10, 2016
- Latticework Of Mental Models: Hyperbolic Discounting
- The 38th Lesson
- Short Investing Lesson from a Confused Donkey
- Safal Niveshak Stream - December 3, 2016
- Latticework of Mental Models: Illusion Of Control
November 2016
- Of Falling Stock Markets and Shutting Brains
- Book Review: Investing Between The Lines
- Safal Niveshak Stream - November 26, 2016
- Latticework of Mental Models: Lucifer Effect
- Investing and the Art of Metaphorical Thinking
- Safal Niveshak Stream - November 19, 2016
- Latticework of Mental Models: Porter's Five Forces Analysis
- Safal Niveshak Stream - November 12, 2016
- Latticework of Mental Models: Curse of Knowledge
- Safal Niveshak Stream - November 9, 2016
- Don’t Dump Your Stocks On Trump
- Latticework of Mental Models: Ludic Fallacy
October 2016
- My Multibagger Diwali Idea
- Safal Niveshak Stream - October 26, 2016
- 5 Ways to Create Luck in Investing and Life
- Safal Niveshak Stream - October 22, 2016
- Video Series: Investing Lessons From Occam's Razor
- Safal Niveshak Stream - October 19, 2016
- What Buses Taught Me About Stocks
- Safal Niveshak Stream - October 15, 2016
- Latticework of Mental Models: Denominator Blindness
- Safal Niveshak Stream - October 12, 2016
- How I Missed a 10-Bagger, and Why I’m Proud of That
- Safal Niveshak Stream – October 8, 2016
- Investing and the Art of Suffering
- Safal Niveshak Stream - October 5, 2016
- 100 Ideas on Living with Courage, Wisdom, and Peace (Special E-Book)
- Safal Niveshak Stream - October 1, 2016
September 2016
- My Lecture on Mental Models
- Safal Niveshak Stream - September 28, 2016
- Safal Niveshak Stream - September 27, 2016
- Safal Niveshak Stream - September 26, 2016
- Mental Models, Investing, and You (Special E-Book)
- Avoid Newspapers, Read Safal Niveshak’s Stream
- Safal Niveshak Stream - September 24, 2016
- Safal Niveshak Stream - September 23, 2016
- Latticework of Mental Models: Scarcity Bias
- Safal Niveshak Stream – September 22, 2016
- Safal Niveshak Stream – September 21, 2016
- Investing and the Paradox of Perfection
- Latticework of Mental Models: Hawthorne Effect
- An Advice to CEOs: Plain English, Please
- Investing and Fear of Missing Out
- The Wisdom of Intelligent Investors (Special E-Book)
- Investing Lessons I Learned from Tic-Tac-Toe
- Latticework of Mental Models: Asymmetric Information
August 2016
- Happy Birthday, Mr. Warren Buffett
- Latticework of Mental Models: The Halo Effect
- Annual Report Review: Bajaj Auto
- Latticework of Mental Models: The Zero Price Effect
- Latticework of Mental Models: Deliberate Practice
- Latticework of Mental Models: Naive Realism
- Latticework of Mental Models: Antifragility
- True Wealth Workshop 2016: Want to Meet Us In Your City?
July 2016
- Latticework of Mental Models: Straw Man Fallacy
- Video Series: Latticework of Mental Models
- Latticework of Mental Models: Inattentional Bias
- Results: Book Review Contest 2016
- Safal Niveshak is 5 Years Old
- Latticework of Mental Models: Wisdom of Crowds
- Safal Niveshak Book Review Contest 2016
June 2016
- Latticework of Mental Models: Lindy Effect
- When In Doubt, Please Don't Predict
- Latticework of Mental Models: Cognitive Dissonance
- When Long-Term Thinking is a Terrible Idea
- Latticework of Mental Models: Economies of Scale
- A Powerful Tool to Create Your Stock Watchlist
May 2016
- Latticework of Mental Models: Bayes Theorem
- 8 Big Ideas from a Super Investor: Philip Fisher
- Latticework of Mental Models: Winner's Curse
- Latticework of Mental Models: Pari-mutuel System
- An Investor’s Best Friend
- Latticework of Mental Models: Loser's Game
- Admission Open: Safal Niveshak Academy of Stock Market Failure
April 2016
- Latticework of Mental Models: The Two Systems of Thinking
- Latticework of Mental Models: Active Reading
- Why You Must Not Quit Your Job to Become a Full-Time Investor
- Latticework of Mental Models: Checklist
- Ask Vishal
- Latticework of Mental Models: Arbitrage
- Latticework of Mental Models: Theory of Constraints
March 2016
- 6 Investing Lessons from the Valeant Pharmaceuticals Scandal
- Poke the Box: Are You a Stock or a Bond?
- Latticework of Mental Models: Float
- The Idea of Safal Niveshak
- Poke the Box: News is to Mind what Sugar is to Body
- Latticework of Mental Models: Surfing
- 13 Big Ideas from Mohnish Pabrai's Mosaic - Perspectives on Investing
- A Stock Market Crash Isn’t a Problem
- Latticework of Mental Models: Network Effect
- Poke the Box: It's a Marathon, Not a Sprint
- Latticework of Mental Models: Liking Bias
February 2016
- Poke the Box: School Yourself
- Latticework of Mental Models: Permutation and Combination
- Poke the Box: Dealing with Stock Market’s Moments of Terror
- Latticework of Mental Models: Switching Costs
- Poke the Box: Choose Must
- Latticework of Mental Models: The Bystander Effect
- Poke the Box: Don't Set a Bad Goal
- How to Deal with Stock Market Turbulence
January 2016
- Poke the Box: Practice Deliberately
- Latticework of Mental Models: Reason Respecting Tendency
- How to Create Your Circle of Competence (Video Post)
- Poke the Box: Recycle Your Wealth
- Latticework of Mental Models: Matthew Effect
- The Stock Market is Getting More Expensive
- Latticework of Mental Models: Social Proof
- Mastermind Value Investing Course: 6th Batch Admission Now Open
- Latticework of Mental Models: Game Theory
- Teach Your Kids About Money - Join Warren Buffett's Secret Millionaires Club
December 2015
- Safal Niveshak’s 2015 Annual Letter to Tribe Members
- Poke the Box: Compounding Goodwill
- Latticework of Mental Models: Externalities
- It's Your Money, Honey - My Lecture on Saving and Investing at Mindscape 2015
- Poke the Box: Simplify
- Latticework Of Mental Models: Mental Accounting
- Poke the Box: Think Like a Child
- The 37th Lesson
- Poke the Box: The Hardest Part is Starting
- Microcap Investing, the Ian Cassel Way
November 2015
- The Mother of All Investing Mistakes
- Poke the Box: Embrace your constraints
- Latticework of Mental Models: Gambler's Fallacy
- Big Idea from a Super Investor: Howard Marks on Contrarianism
- Poke the Box: Combine Ideas
- Latticework of Mental Models: Reciprocation Tendency
- Results: Value Investing Contest 2015
- Latticework of Mental Models: Twaddle Tendency
October 2015
- Latticework of Mental Models: Status Quo Bias
- I Might Be Wrong
- What to Read in Investing? Lesson from A 2,000-Year-Old Stoic Philosopher
- Latticework of Mental Models: The Power Law
- Maximizing Shareholder Value: A Dumb Idea?
- Safal Niveshak Value Investing Contest 2015
- 5 Big Questions on IPOs…Answered
- The Journey of Safal Niveshak
- How to Live and Invest Without Failure
- Latticework of Mental Models: Alternative Histories
September 2015
- Latticework of Mental Models: Framing Effect
- Hope Is Not An Investing Strategy
- Why Good People Do Bad Things: A Conversation With My Daughter
- Latticework of Mental Models: Pavlovian Conditioning
- My Interview with Terrible Mr. X - Lessons on What NOT To Do in Stock Market
- 5 Things I Learned from Elon Musk on Life, Business and Investing
- A Crash Course in Building Your Latticework of Mental Models
- Latticework of Mental Models: Inversion
- A Tribute to the World’s First Investing Teacher
- Value Investing Meetups - Bangalore & Mumbai
- My Most Powerful Tool for Thinking and Decision Making
August 2015
- Lecture on Value Investing at Goa Institute of Management
- Latticework of Mental Models: Moral Hazard
- Stock Market Crash: Your 10 Big Questions…Answered
- Cheat Sheet for Investing Your Money (Free E-Book)
- Annual Report Review: Gruh Finance
- Latticework of Mental Models: Feedback Loops
- The Tale of Two Fathers
- Annual Report Review: Ashok Leyland
- Latticework of Mental Models: Do Something Bias
- Announcing: Safal Niveshak Meetups
- Annual Report Review: Blue Star
- Latticework of Mental Models: Tragedy Of Commons
- 5 Things I Learned from Jeff Bezos on Business and Investing
July 2015
- Annual Report Review: Indian Hotels
- Latticework of Mental Models: Thermodynamics
- 10 Useful Rules of Thumb for Your Personal Finances
- Annual Report Review: Exide Industries
- Latticework of Mental Models: Deprival Super Reaction Tendency
- An Extraordinary Edge You Have as a Small Investor
- 5 More Reasons to Read Annual Reports
- Latticework of Mental Models: Contrast-Misreaction Tendency
- Safal Niveshak is 4 Years Old!
- Latticework of Mental Models: Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility
June 2015
- When I Took Warren Buffett’s Advice Very Seriously (It’s Not About Investing)
- Latticework of Mental Models: Critical Mass
- Overpriced
- Latticework of Mental Models: Law of Small Numbers
- Latticework of Mental Models: Kantian Fairness Tendency
- When I Met the Legends of Investing – Part 4
- Latticework of Mental Models: Redundancy
May 2015
- Book Review: A Short History of Financial Euphoria
- Latticework of Mental Models: Variable Reinforcement
- Latticework of Mental Models: Gresham’s Law
- When to Sell a Stock (E-Book & Checklist)
- Latticework of Mental Models: Mean Reversion
- How to Find Great Businesses, the Peter Lynch Way
- Latticework of Mental Models: Storytelling
- A Guide to Reading for Investors (Plus, What Prof. Sanjay Bakshi Reads)
April 2015
- Latticework of Mental Models: Occam’s Razor
- Dear Jealousy
- Latticework of Mental Models: Complex Adaptive Systems
- Measuring the Moat - Part 1
- Poke the Box: There Are No Silver Bullets in Investing
- Mastermind Value Investing Course: 4th Batch Admission Now Open!
- How to Handle Your Money
- The Story of a Fraud IPO
- My Interview with Niveshak
- Poke the Box: You Are Not God, So Beware of Hubris
March 2015
- 18 Lessons for Investors and Managers from Warren Buffett's 2014 Letter to Shareholders
- My Email Exchange with Prof. Sanjay Bakshi on Valuations
- The Painful Decision to Hold Cash
- But the Future is Bright!
- Important Update: Value Investing Almanack (Free Course Inside)
February 2015
- 10 Secrets You Must Know about Financial Media
- The Most Important Thing You Need for Investing Success
- How to Avoid Getting Cheated by Bad Investment Advice
- Introducing: Safal Niveshak’s Value Investing Almanack
- Are You Playing the Stock Market’s Favourite Game?
- I Hope You Learn This Investing Lesson Faster Than I Did
- Introducing: The DCF Calculator
January 2015
- How to Master Analyzing the Cash Flow Statement
- Safal Niveshak’s Investing Classroom: Demystifying Return on Equity
- Safal Niveshak’s Book Giveaway 2015 – Results
- Investing and Law of the Farm
- The Investor's Manifesto
- Poke the Box: Avoid Arrogance. You May Have Just Had a Beginner's Luck
- The Hidden Force that Won Me Financial Freedom
- Safal Niveshak’s Book Giveaway 2015 – Win 15 Free Books!
December 2014
- The Best of Safal Niveshak 2014
- Interview with Stable Investor
- What Do You Want Me to Write About?
- Poke the Box: Sit Tight and Live Wide
- 36 Lessons from 36 Years of My Life
- Safal Niveshak @ Graham & Doddsville
November 2014
- The Happiest Man I’ve Ever Met
- You Are 'Shockingly' Terrible At Investing
- Simple Ideas on Wealth Creation, the Subramoney Way - Part 4
- What Type of Investor Are You?
- Rising Stock Prices and the Return of Arrogance
- Simple Ideas on Wealth Creation, the Subramoney Way - Part 3
- Journey of a Value Investor – Part 1
- Simple Ideas on Wealth Creation, the Subramoney Way - Part 2
October 2014
- Simple Ideas on Wealth Creation, the Subramoney Way - Part 1
- One Big Lesson I Learned Seeing Warren Buffett Make Mistakes
- DLF Fraud: One Big Lesson for Investors
- What is Your Biggest Fear of Being a Stock Market Investor?
- 11 Cities, 18 Days, 9,000 KM - Final Schedule of Safal Niveshak’s True Wealth Workshop
- Online Shopping, Investing, and Why We Get Fooled
- Desperately Yours!
- Interview with Basant Maheshwari – PDF
September 2014
- Seeking Wisdom in the Age of Information
- I Own the World’s Best Business, and So Can You
- Mastermind Value Investing Course: Admission Opens on 25th Sept. 2014
- Want to Learn Charlie Munger’s Way of Thinking?
- Interview with Basant Maheshwari - Part 4
- Interview with Basant Maheshwari - Part 3
- Charlie Munger's Six Secrets to Winning Big in Investing
- Interview with Basant Maheshwari - Part 2
- Interview with Basant Maheshwari - Part 1
- Safal Niveshak TribeStar: A Curious, Passionate Investor
- Risk, Volatility, and Investing: 5 Big Lessons from Howard Marks’s Latest Memo
- 10 Investing Gems from Peter Lynch’s One Up on Wall Street
August 2014
- Interview with Basant Maheshwari
- When NOT to Sell a Great Business You Own
- Follow @safalniveshak on Twitter
- When I Had Plenty of Money, But Not Much Wealth
- Confessions of a Stock Market Analyst
- Can You Sum Up Your Investing Philosophy in 10 Words?
July 2014
- Industry Analysis: Banking – Part 1
- How to Identify Managers Who Can Run Away With Your Money
- One Big Investing Lesson from Bhagavad Gita
- 15 Things You Must Know About Your Money
- Women & Investing: What Men Must Know
- The Best Investment for Your Child (Hint: You Can't Buy It)
- An Experiment of a Reluctant Walker
- How to Analyze Any Industry
- Safal Niveshak is 3 Years Old!
- The Delusion of “Acche Din”
- Industry Analysis: Cement – Part 2
June 2014
- What A Tulip Can Tell You About Sensex Reaching (Or Not Reaching) 100,000
- Buy Right, Sit Tight. Seriously?
- Industry Analysis: Cement - Part 1
- Poke the Box: Pay Attention, and Be Prepared
- 2-Month Course in Financial Statement Analysis: Admission Open for 2nd Batch
- How to Manipulate the Stock Market, Legally?
- Read Richard Feynman Before You Buy Your Next Banking Stock...
- Why Smart People Like You Make Stupid Money Mistakes
- Poke the Box: The Uncomfortable Solution
- Are You Right Because Your Stock Moved Up 200%?
- Sensex @ 40,000 is Here!
May 2014
- Forget IPL, Even EPL is Fixed!
- Stop Checking Your Stock Prices. You Can Get Sick!
- Investor Sentiment Survey 2014 Result: Mismatch Between Action and Expectation
- 5 Rules of Investing in a Modi-fied India
- Safal Niveshak Investor Sentiment Survey 2014
- How I’m Planning My Life After Retirement
- Poke the Box: Don’t Pursue Success...Attract It
- Have an Investing Question? Just Ask Vishal
- 15 Quick Rules of Stock Market Investing
- “Stock Market Strategy for 16th May” and Other Useless Financial Advice
April 2014
- 30 Most Dangerous Myths about Money & Investing
- What Are Your Stocks Telling You...About You?
- Announcing: Two-Month Course in Financial Statement Analysis
- Value Investing Contest Winning Entry #6: Swaraj Engines
- The Cocktail Party Stock Market Indicator
- The Investor Who's Always Right
- Value Investing Contest Winning Entry #5: Tree House Education
- 13 Lessons from 13 Years of My Life
- Value Investing Contest Winning Entry #4: Gabriel India Ltd.
March 2014
- Value Investing Contest Winning Entry #3: Munjal Auto
- 10 Lessons from the 2008 Crisis
- Value Investing Contest Winning Entry #2: V-Mart Retail
- Value Investing Contest Winning Entry #1: Balkrishna Industries Ltd.
- Value Investing, the Sanjay Bakshi Way 2.0 – Part 2
- Value Investing, the Sanjay Bakshi Way 2.0 – Part 1
- Results: The Safal Niveshak Value Investing Contest 2014
- A Fundoo Professor Called Sanjay Bakshi
- Any Monkey Can Beat the Market! Really?
- 10 Big Ideas from Warren Buffett’s 2014 Letter
February 2014
- Warren Buffett’s Age-Old Secret on How to Get Rich
- Announcing: The Safal Niveshak Value Investing Contest 2014
- Announcing: The Safal Niveshak Education Scholarship
- A Yogi's Rules on Money and Happiness
- How I Multiplied My Income 2.5x, Savings 5x, and Happiness 20x (After Quitting My Job)
- Value Investing, the Sanjay Bakshi Way 2.0
- Intrinsic Value: A Big Deal?
- Mastermind Value Investing Course: Admission Now Open!
- Safal Niveshak StockTalk: Info Edge
January 2014
- Do You Own the Stock or Does The Stock Own You?
- Do You Want to Meet Me in ‘Your’ City?
- An Excel to Save Your Life
- What My Little Girl Taught Me About Investing Wisely
- Tata Motors: Will You Play Devil’s Advocate for Me?
- Launching StockTalk 3.0
- How to Lose Big Money in 2014
- 2014 – The Year of Inversion
December 2013
- My Biggest Investing Mistake of 2013
- My 2014 Wish for You - Be Miserable
- Is this Newspaper Stock Worth Owning?
- A Quiz to Test Your Financial Intelligence
- The Devil Lies Within
- Why I Stopped Trying to Change Others
- My Ode to A Great Teacher
- 10 Simple Rules that Brought Me Financial Nirvana
- The Value of Saving and Investing Money
November 2013
- One Small Step Can Change Your Life
- How to Generate Stock Ideas
- Do You Like Safal Niveshak?
- 7 Life-Saving Lessons on Investing from a Happy Marriage
- I Invest, So That I Live Like a Man…Not a Donkey, Dog or Monkey
- Why I Don’t Watch CNBC, and Why Even You Shouldn't
- 5 Things to Avoid in the Current Stock Market
- Poke the Box: Never Give Up, Never Give Up, Never Ever Give Up
- Life & Money Lessons from Kantilal
- Understanding Behavioural Biases in Finance and Investing (E-Book)
- I Wish You...
October 2013
- Life, Liberty, Happiness...and Investing
- Buffett, Buddha, and Pizzas
- A Brilliant Investor Who Enjoys the Process More Than The Proceeds
- Wit, Wisdom, Warren (Issue #13): Spoiled Princess, Toads, and Acquisitions
- It's the Base Rate, Stupid!
- Prof. Sanjay Bakshi’s Presentation...and a Warning
- Wit, Wisdom, Warren (Issue #12): Business of Life
- Wit, Wisdom, Warren (Issue #11): Risk
- 12 Mahatma Gandhi Quotes to Inspire You as an Investor
September 2013
- The Analyst Who Sold His Ferrari
- Value Investing, the Rohit Chauhan Way
- A Smart, Thoughtful Investor in the Making
- Wit, Wisdom, Warren (Issue #10): Businesses – The Good and Gruesome
- How Companies Create Value, the EVA Way
- Yes, Even Good Companies Go Bad
- Poke the Box: Please Don’t Deny...but See the Positive
- Wit, Wisdom, Warren (Issue #9): The Great Business
- My Friend Sameer
- 10 Quick Lessons from Nokia’s Fall
- Safal Niveshak StockTalk: Bata India
August 2013
- Poke the Box: Wish Warren Buffett, and Embrace Your Failures
- Should You Subscribe to Safal Niveshak Mastermind? Here’s a 5-Point Checklist
- I Sold Off All My Stocks!
- Safal Niveshak’s Investor Psychology Survey: You Failed!
- Poke the Box: Face Your Problem...Like that of Being a Bad Investor
- The Safal Niveshak Mastermind is Here!
- Safal Niveshak StockTalk: Gruh Finance
- You’re A Bad Investor!
- How to Stop Worrying about Falling Stock Prices
- Poke the Box: Have Fun Today, and Please Avoid Death
July 2013
- I'm Making This Investment. Are You?
- It Will Never Happen to Me!
- Safal Niveshak StockTalk: Godrej Consumer Products Ltd.
- Poke the Box: The Downside of Envy
- I Confess!
- How to Save an Extra Rs 25 Lac
- Poke the Box: Make a Ruckus, Take Risks...but Remember Base Rates
- Safal Niveshak is 2 Years Old!
- Safal Niveshak StockTalk: TCS
- Poke the Box: Look at the Sky...but Please Ask Why
- How to Be Happy and Get Rich
June 2013
- Safal Niveshak StockTalk: Cairn India
- Poke the Box: Believe in Yourself...and Please Like Me
- 5 Questions on Rupee Depreciation…Answered
- Safal Niveshak StockTalk: MCX
- Poke the Box: Focus on Process, Get Worldly Wisdom, and Buy Happiness
- Can Money Buy Happiness? Yes!
- Safal Niveshak StockTalk: Amara Raja Batteries
- Poke the Box: Seek Simplicity, and Become the Luckiest Person on Earth
- Legacy of Benjamin Graham: A Video Tribute
- StockTalk 2.0: Let’s Do What Buffett Did
- Where Have All the Tribesmen Gone?
- Investing, a Loser’s Game?
- Reinvent the Way You Invest, Work, and Live (Special Course)
May 2013
- The Most Dangerous Software for Investors
- What Value Investing Is, and Isn’t
- IL&FS Investment Managers: A Business on a Treadmill
- How to Read
- Your House is Your Best Investment. Really?
- Announcing: The Safal Niveshak Value Investing Unconference
- A Tribesman Visits Warren Buffett's Annual Meeting 2013
- Investing, the Alaa Wardi Style
- Safal Niveshak TribeStar: A Young, Stable Investor
- What to do with Hindustan Unilever?
April 2013
- 8 Investing Lessons from the God of Cricket
- Ask Me a Question
- How to Identify Winning Mutual Funds (Free E-Book)
- 3 Words to Change Your Short Life
- How to Create Your Circle of Incompetence
- Fear, Investing and You (Yes, You!)
- How to Live Prosperously Without the Paycheque (A Personal Experiment)
March 2013
- Are BHEL, EIL, SAIL Priced to FAIL?
- That Sinking Feeling Can Destroy Your Wealth
- The Most Important Portfolio of My Life…and Yours
- Investing and Shortcuts
- How to Lose Weight and Make Money Fast
- Analyze a Stock in 30 Minutes (Free Excel)
- Wit, Wisdom, Charlie: Elementary Worldly Wisdom from Charlie Munger (Issue #9)
- Wow, What a Tribe!
February 2013
- Value Investing, the Chetan Parikh Way – Part 3
- Analyzing Crompton Greaves, the Ben Graham Way
- Work Less = Earn Less = Spend Less = Live More
- How to Master Analyzing the Balance Sheet - Part 2
- Howard Marks on How to Identify Investment Opportunities
- Wit, Wisdom, Charlie: Elementary Worldly Wisdom from Charlie Munger (Issue #8)
- How to Master Analyzing the Balance Sheet - Part 1
- What Do You Want Me to Write About?
- What to do with Opto Circuits 2.0
- EPS EPS, Where Have You Been?
- 10 Big Investing Lessons from Farming
January 2013
- Hero MotoCorp: Value Buy or Value Trap?
- Value Investing, the Chetan Parikh Way – Part 2
- Wit, Wisdom, Charlie: Elementary Worldly Wisdom from Charlie Munger (Issue #7)
- Is It Ethical to Invest in Stock Market?
- The Most Important Investment Letter You Must Read Now
- Value Investing, the Chetan Parikh Way – Part 1
- Wit, Wisdom, Charlie: Elementary Worldly Wisdom from Charlie Munger (Issue #6)
- My Stock Market View (and a Prediction) for 2013
- My 3 Recommendations to Change Your Life in 2013 and Beyond
December 2012
- The Best of Safal Niveshak in 2012
- Art of Investing Workshop in Kolkata
- How to Invest After the End of the World
- How to Read Financial Statements - Part 1
- The Simplest Thing You Can Do for Your Wealth (and Health)
- How I Quit My Job And Found Myself
- When I Met the Legends of Investing – Part 3
- Wit, Wisdom, Charlie: Elementary Worldly Wisdom from Charlie Munger (Issue #5)
- Shit Happens
- When I Felt So Small
November 2012
- Wit, Wisdom, Warren (Issue #8): Margin of Safety
- Teach Your Child to Become an Idiot
- Safal Niveshak StockTalk #12: Engineers India
- Wit, Wisdom, Warren (Issue #7): The Joys of Compounding
- Wit, Wisdom, Charlie: Elementary Worldly Wisdom from Charlie Munger (Issue #4)
- A 2-Year Course to Become a Smarter, Independent Investor
- A Few Announcements
- Wit, Wisdom, Warren (Issue #6): Method of Operations
- Wit, Wisdom, Charlie: Elementary Worldly Wisdom from Charlie Munger (Issue #3)
- When I Met the Legends of Investing – Part 2
October 2012
- When I Met the Legends of Investing – Part 1
- How to Become Graham’s “Intelligent” Investor
- Wit, Wisdom, Warren (Issue #5): Conservative Investing
- Wit, Wisdom, Charlie: Elementary Worldly Wisdom from Charlie Munger (Issue #2)
- Thank You Matadin Babu!
- How to Invest and Not Get Killed
- Notes from Value Investing Conference
- Sensex at 2003 Levels! Is the Next Big Bull Run Really Coming?
- Warning: A Big Investing Mistake You May Commit in these Rising Markets
- Wit, Wisdom, Warren (Issue #4): Value Unlocking
- Wit, Wisdom, Charlie: Elementary Worldly Wisdom from Charlie Munger (Issue #1)
September 2012
- Wit, Wisdom, Warren (Issue #3): The Valuation Junkyard
- Wit, Wisdom, Charlie: Elementary Worldly Wisdom from Charlie Munger
- Dear Me
- Wit, Wisdom, Warren (Issue #2): Avoiding Permanent Loss of Capital
- Safal Niveshak StockTalk #11: Tata Investment Corp. Ltd.
- Has the Govt. Laid Ground for the Next Big Bull Run?
- Wit, Wisdom, Warren (Issue #1): Key Investing Principles
- Safal Niveshak StockTalk #10: Cera Sanitaryware
- How to Value Stocks using DCF...and the Dangers of Doing So
- Wit, Wisdom, Warren: Lessons from the World’s Best Investor
- Take Control, Investor!
- Timeless Resources on Value Investing
August 2012
- Applying Behavioral Finance to Value Investing
- How Will You Measure Your Life?
- What to do with Opto Circuits?
- The Best Advice I Ever Got
- Revealed: The Most Awesome and “Undervalued” Resource on Safal Niveshak
- Value Investing, the Sanjay Bakshi Way – Part 4
- Safal Niveshak’s "Secret" Mission and Progress
- Bharti Airtel: What Am I Doing with the Stock?
- Value Investing, the Sanjay Bakshi Way – Part 3
- Safal Niveshak StockTalk #9: BHEL
- Value Investing, the Sanjay Bakshi Way - Part 2
July 2012
- Value Investing, the Sanjay Bakshi Way - Part 1
- My Life Purpose (and Money Isn’t Part of It!)
- Investor, Are You a Warrior or Worrier?
- Winners of the Safal Niveshak 1st Anniversary Contest
- 8 Things I Wish I’d Known Before Starting as an Investor
- Warren Buffett's ‘Secret Holy Grail’ to Successful Investing
- How to “Read” an Annual Report in 5 Minutes
- Simplest Trick to Outsmart 99% of All Investors
- Happy Birthday Safal Niveshak!
- An Honest Letter from Your Friendly Stock Market Analyst
- I Regret...
June 2012
- Do You Want to Meet One of India’s Best Value Investors?
- Is this Stock the “Next Page Industries”?
- The Return of Uncertainty, and How You Can Deal With It
- Weapon of Mass 'Temptation' that Destroys Stock Market Investors
- Safal Niveshak StockTalk #8: Opto Circuits
- 3 Big Risks in Value Investing - Part 1
- Opto Circuits, and Power of Story in Investing
- Satyameva Jayate in Financial Services: When Victim is also a Criminal
- Is this a Good Time to Be a Value Investor?
May 2012
- Safal Niveshak StockTalk #7: Clariant Chemicals
- An Open Letter to My Daughter
- How to Invest When the Stock Market is Sinking?
- 70 Reasons to Stop Complaining about Rising Inflation (Plus 1 More)
- 3 Investing Lessons from Facebook IPO No One is Talking About
- Safal Niveshak Radio: How to Invest When Fear Runs High
- My Stock Investment Philosophy
- Some Advice for the Young…and Broke
- Psychology of a Stock Market Loser
- Real Life Story: How to Increase Your Savings by 9200%
- Start Worrying about Your Personal Finances. Seriously!
April 2012
- Why Real Estate Will Remain Expensive in India
- Infosys: Good to Buy?
- 7 Reasons to NOT Buy Gold this Akshaya Tritiya
- Investor, Do You Know Where You Are Going?
- Safal Niveshak StockTalk #6: Balmer Lawrie & Co. Ltd.
- Art of Investing Workshop: Thank You Bangalore, Chennai!
- A Stock Broker Goes to Heaven
- I Don’t Want a Bull Market for the Next 10 Years
- Not Stocks, Your House is Your Best Investment
- Best & Worst Stocks of 2011-12
March 2012
- The Secret of Peter Lynch’s Investing Success
- 7 Steps to Becoming Your Own Financial Planner
- 'Einstein Way' to Get Over the Stock Market Insanity
- How Much Term Insurance I Have, and Why
- Why This Paid-Versus-Free Financial Planning Di
- 10-Point Checklist I Use to Sell My Stocks
- My Stock Portfolio (See at Your Own Risk!)
- Rajiv Gandhi Equity Savings Scheme: Boon or Disaster for Small Investors?
- Pranabda, Here’s My Only Wish from Budget 2012-13
- Investor, Mind Your Behaviour!
- Why Don't You Invest in the Stock Market?
- New Investor? Know these 6 Things for a Safe Investment Journey
- How ‘Minimalism’ Changed My Life as an Investor
- Safal Niveshak StockTalk #5: Graphite India
- What Investing Topics Do You Want Me to Write About?
- Sorry Veritas, But I Love DLF!
- Education and Investing
- How to Invest after Sensex Rises 20%
February 2012
- I Don’t Want Money. What about You?
- How to Know if Your Company is the Next Kingfisher Airlines?
- Lance Armstrong Guide to Losing in Stock Market
- 5 Steps to Create Your 'Personal' Investment Strategy
- Why I Don’t Invest in Index Funds
- Safal Niveshak StockTalk #4: Infosys
- How to Profit from Your Stock Market Losses
- Don’t Worry…I’m There for You!
- Warren Buffett Wants You to Buy Stocks, Not Gold
- My Wife Proves Again Why I’m An Emotional Fool
- What! Are You Exiting the Stock Markets?
- 30 Excuses That Prevent You from Investing Success
- My Observations on How North Indians Look at Money & Investing
- How to Avoid Your Worst Enemy as a Stock Market Investor
- The Art of Stock Picking, by Charlie Munger
- Confirmation Bias: What’s Your Internal ‘Yes-Man’ Saying?
January 2012
- A Value Investing Course You Won't Want to Miss (And It’s Free!)
- 3 Surprising Reasons People Give Up Investing in Stocks
- 10 Graphs on 10-Year Performance of Indian Companies
- Why Warren Buffett Would Love to Be In Your Place
- Safal Niveshak StockTalk #3: Voltas
- How to Get Very Lucky as an Investor
- The ‘Willpower Trick’ to Become a Smarter Investor
- How to Get Rich, Stay Rich…and Die Poor
- Infosys Vs TCS: The Fight Continues
- What I Learnt from the World’s Most Arrogant Investor
- Safal Niveshak Classroom: How to Read a Balance Sheet
- 3 Quotes to Change the Way You Think about Money
- The 1-Minute Secret to Finding Good Stocks
- Infosys’s Crime…Unearthed Again!
- How Can You Differentiate between Good and Bad Managements?
- When Companies Take Minority Investors for Granted…
- Have You Taken Your Investment Oath?
- FDI in Indian Stock Markets: How it Impacts You...the Small Indian Investor?
- 10 Stocks That Get 'A+' on Warren Buffett's Test of Good Businesses
- Safal Niveshak StockTalk #2: Tata Steel
- Winner of "My Money Resolution for 2012” Contest Is…
- In 2012, You’ve Got Two Choices As An Investor
December 2011
- The 2011 Safal Niveshak ‘Thank You’ List
- My Top 10 Posts for 2011
- “My Money Resolution for 2012” Contest
- When I Came Face to Face with ‘Don’
- Investing Lessons from the 'Black Hole' Called Suzlon
- Your Best Investment for 2012
- I Wish Someone Had Taught Me About 'Present Value' This Way
- What’s the Point of Saving and Investing?
- Safal Niveshak StockTalk #1: Larsen & Toubro
- Now is the time to PANIC
- Does Monetary Policy Really Impact Stock Prices?
- Intrinsic Value: The Holy Grail of Value Investing
- My First Stock Market Loss…and the Lesson I Learnt
- Sometime You Can't Help But Make Money from Stocks. Is That Time Now?
- Winners of the "I Love Safal Niveshak” Contest Are…
- 5 Jokes that Taught Me Serious Lessons on Investing
- The Most Important Decision to Make After You Buy a Stock
- A Big Lesson I Wish I’d Learned Early in My Investing Life
- The Story of My Life…and Yours
- John Templeton’s 16 Rules for Stock Market Success
- 3 Great Investing Lessons from Dev Anand
- “I Love Safal Niveshak…” Contest
- How Many Minutes Did You Waste Today?
- You May Want to ‘Alt-Ctrl-Del’ These Stocks from Your Portfolio
November 2011
- Launching…Safal Niveshak StockTalk
- Who Else Wants to Get Rich?
- 10 Dangerous Stocks in a Bad Market
- 3 Lessons from the Rise and Fall of SKS Microfinance
- Sensex at 16,000! Great Time to Buy Stocks?
- 5 Mid-Size Companies That Prove How Nothing Succeeds Like Growth
- This Small Book Can Make a Big Difference in Your Investing Life
- The Best Strategy for a New Investor
- 3 Stocks I Wouldn’t Touch With a 10-Foot Pole
- If You Are 45 or Older, You Won’t Like To Read This
- Fasten Your Seat Belt…Air Pocket Ahead
- India's Greatest Companies: But Should You Buy Them?
- A Huge Investing Advantage You Can Easily Achieve Over Most Investors
- Groupon and the Great Stock Market Insanity called 'IPOs'
- My Presentation on Stock Market Investing at TBSS
- India’s 7 Most Consistent Cash Generating Companies
- The Biggest Risk to Your Investments Might Be Your Neighbour
- The 7 Eternal Laws of Stock Market Investing
- The Only Shortcut to Making Money from Stock Markets
October 2011
- 10 Stocks I Would Want to Leave for My Grandchildren
- This Diwali, Move from Darkness to Light
- 3 Reasons to Buy Gold This Diwali
- The Art of Choosing the Right Financial Advisor
- Are You Young Enough to Become a Crorepati?
- Forbes on Warren Buffett: A Brilliant Collection of Articles on the Master
- What Investors ‘Really’ Want
- You Don't Need Enemies When You Have Such A Financial Advisor
- Shameless! Horrible! Disgusting!
- Are Indian Stock Markets Cheap Now?
- The Simplest Way You Can Question a Company’s CEO
- Infosys and the Funny Stock Market Pastime Called ‘Expectations’
- Don't Believe Everything I Write on Stock Market Investing
- Why Investing Now is Like Catching a Falling Knife
- Share Your Investing Story, Inspire Others
- The Best Article on Value Investing You’ll Ever Read
- So, You Want to Become a Wealthy Investor?
- 3 Lessons from Steve Jobs That Can Change Your Life as a Human…and an Investor
- Survive a Stock Market Panic…And Make It Work for You
- Investing and the Art of Discipline
- Investor, Raise Your Voice Against a Broken System. Occupy Dalal Street!
- Grab My 20-Lesson Value Investing Course (It’s Free!)
September 2011
- 10 Warren Buffett Quotes That Will Make You a Richer Investor – II
- 10 Warren Buffett Quotes That Will Make You a Richer Investor – I
- Is it the Right Time to Invest in Stock Markets?
- How to Stop Worrying and Start Investing
- We Are All Weird
- Stocks Crash! What Should Investors Do NOW?
- Is Stock Market a Casino?
- In Investing, Catch the Right Anchor to Avoid Sinking
- Infosys, Share Your Cash!
- The Greatest Market Timer in This World is…
- Kill That Idea Before It Kills Your Wealth
- Investing in Your Company Stock? Look Before You Leap
- “Huh, Your Work Doesn’t Add to India’s GDP!”
- Why Too Much Love for Your Company Can Be Disastrous for Your Finances
- Should I Buy Stocks? Should I Wait?
- Sunday Afternoon Reads
- ‘Great’ Stocks are Bad Investments for the Long Term
- How to Find the Next Infosys
- Investing in Stock Markets: 4 Reasons People Get Stuck
- Are You Ignoring This Huge Risk to Your Investments?
- The Sensex can rise by 50%, or it can fall by 50%
- Do You ‘Own’ the Stock You’ve Bought?
- How Sachin Tendulkar Would Have Made You a Richer Investor
August 2011
- The Easiest Way to Go Bankrupt
- This Big Investing Mistake Can Cost You Heavy
- It’s 2008 All Over Again
- Want to Become a Better Investor? First Get Your Brain Damaged
- Steve Jobs Resigns from Apple: Lessons for Indian Investors
- The Stock Market Nonsense Called ‘Consensus’
- Tuesday Morning Reads
- Of Smart Central Bankers, Drunken Snakes, and Stock Prices
- This is Not a Time for Heroism
- Investing in Stock Markets? Take Care of Your Most Precious Resource
- Look Mama, Who Caused Our Financial Crisis!
- Are You an Investor or a Speculator?
- Wednesday Morning Reads
- How to Invest In Stocks When Fear Runs High
- Tuesday Morning Reads
- Monday Morning Reads
- Is This Market Going Up or Down?
- The Problem With a Rat Race is That Even If You Win...
- Friday Morning Reads
- Here’s Why a Stock Market Crash Hurts So Much
- Thursday Morning Reads
- How to Become a Successful Investor? Grandma Knows Best
- Wednesday Morning Reads
- Here's Why Your Stocks Are in Such a Mess
- Tuesday Morning Crisis Reads
- How to Keep Your Head in a World Gone Mad
- Monday Morning Reading List
- This is How Media Adds Fuel to Panic
- Sunday Afternoon Reading List
- Your Wealth in Crisis: What To Do?
- You Need Financial Education to Make Money from Stocks. Lie, Lie, Lie!
- Friday Morning Reading List
- So You Want to Be the Next Warren Buffett?
- Thursday Morning Reading List
- The Sure-Shot Way to Become a Successful Investor
- Wednesday Morning Reading List
- Tuesday Morning Reading List
- It’s the Cash Flow, Stupid
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July 2011
- Debt Is Dangerous. Just Ask America!
- Your Brain on Stocks
- The Folly of Prediction (Freakonomics)
- Safal Niveshak Weekly Wrap
- What Do You Understand By ‘Risk’ in Investing?
- Friday Morning Reading List
- Can Your Stocks Defeat the Inflation Demon?
- Who Else Wants to Beat The Market?
- Only One Thing Matters When Investing in a Company
- Know Where to 'Bang' To Become a Successful Investor
- Safal Niveshak Weekly Wrap
- Do You Suffer from Prediction Addiction?
- ‘Sunk cost’ madness on a massive scale
- What’s Your 12-month Target for the Sensex?
- Are You a Frog in Boiling Water?
- "I can’t make money from stocks. I am not an expert."
- Safal Niveshak Weekly Wrap
- Would You Prefer to Learn Investing Like This?
- Investing Isn’t Risky. Not Investing Is.
- God Save The World...And The Investors
- Are You An Overconfident Investor?
- Conversation with Charlie Munger
- Why Most Investors Don’t Succeed in the Stock Market
- “Just cheer up... it's not so bad out here.”
- Are You a Stock or a Bond?
- You're fighting a losing game