Vishal Khandelwal

Tuesday Morning Reads

Here’s what I’m reading this Tuesday morning that might interest you:

Is this ‘news’? Sebi probe shows rise in dirty money in stock market (The Economic Times)
Old tricks! The Mutual Fund Industry Is A Huge Scam That Costs Investors Billions Of Dollars A Year (Business Insider)
Contrarian call. The case against gold (Moneynews)
Stocks on sale? Buffett Made Biggest Bets on Stocks This Year (Bloomberg)
Hmm. Wall Street’s new lie to Main Street – Asset Allocation (Blog Maverick)
Nice read. Ending the Moral Rot on Wall Street, Part 2 (Bloomberg)
Wise man speaks. Stop Coddling the Super-Rich: Warren Buffett (The New York Times)
Hmm. The cost of West’s mistakes (Mint)

What are you reading?

Monday Morning Reads

A very Happy Independence Day to the Indian readers of Safal Niveshak!

Here are a few interesting items for your reading pleasure:

Right! India needs independence of thought (DNA)
But then… This is not the India we fought for, say freedom fighters (The Economic Times)
Nice read. How to Manage Financial Stress (Frugal Dad)
Wise man speaks. Mr. Market’s Next Attack (The Daily Reckoning)
It’s all in the mind. What Neuroscience Can Teach Leaders (Bloomberg)
Good read. What Can Replace the Dollar? (Project Syndicate)
Hmm. Microsoft Faces the Post-PC World (The Wall Street Journal)
Hmm. The world runs out of options (The Telegraph)

What are you reading?

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Is This Market Going Up or Down?

After last week’s crash landing, this week wasn’t any better for stock markets around the world.

The Indian markets, represented by the BSE-Sensex, closed the week down by 466 points, or 2.7%. This took the Sensex to sub-17,000 levels for the first time since June 2010.

Source: Yahoo FinanceAs we stand now, nobody knows anything.

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The Problem With a Rat Race is That Even If You Win…

When in doubt, follow. This is an apt quote on the behaviour of us humans.

We generally draw comfort in going with the majority, or the consensus.

The problem is that we have very less control on such behaviour, as evolution has equipped us with this tendency of running a rat race.

Yes, you read that right. We are all running several rat races, whether in our work lives or when it comes to investing our money.
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Friday Morning Reads

A few interesting items for your reading pleasure:

The master speaks! Buffett: The lower stocks go, the more I buy (CNN Money)
Nice chart. Economic Expansions and Recessions (The Big Picture)
Good read. ‘Too big to fail’ is too dumb an idea to keep (John Kay)
Reality bites. Realty to suffer if lending rate doesn’t fall: DLF (The Economic Times)
Oops! Double Depression (The Daily Reckoning)
Hmm. US may avoid double-dip recession if Fed intervenes; it’s buying opportunity in India: Mark Mobius (The Economic Times)

What are you reading?

Here’s Why a Stock Market Crash Hurts So Much

It’s only in the stock markets that trees are expected to grow to the skies.
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Thursday Morning Reads

A few interesting items for your reading pleasure:

Here’s the reality! What Business is Wall Street In? (Blog Maverick)
Wow! How to ‘fix’ a market (NY Post)
Oops! India says govt can’t tackle inflation (The Financial Express)
Nice read. Not Like 2008 (The Daily Reckoning)
Wise man speaks. Danger: Children at Play (Jeremy Grantham’s Letter)
Hmm. India will grow in double digits despite current pains: Rakesh Jhunjhunwala (The Economic Times)
Good read. The Secrets of Investors Who Keep Their Cool in Chaos (Daily Finance)

What are you reading?

How to Become a Successful Investor? Grandma Knows Best

The way we conduct ourselves in real life has a lot to do with what we’ve learnt from our parents, and especially from our grandparents.

In fact, the best memories I have of my childhood are of the nights spent with my grandmother who told me stories of the kings and witches, of what made people good and what made them bad, of the importance of forming good habits and the harmful effects of walking the wrong path.

You must have had the same experience.

Anyways, why I’m telling you all this is to show how our influencers change when we are dealing with our real lives, and when we are dealing with our stock market investments.

See this…

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Wednesday Morning Reads

A few interesting items for your reading pleasure:

Drugging the drugged! Fed: Low rates for two more years (CNN Money)
Wow! Investors flee to gold (CNN Money)
Hmm. Now What? (The Daily Reckoning)
Yeah! Jim Rogers: Bernanke and Geithner are sending us to “fiscal Armageddon” (Newsmax)
Nice. Indian stocks fare better than most in global rout (Mint)
Oops! A world out of options (Mint)
Hmm. Panic measures will ruin the Bric recovery (Financial Times)
Really? India feels it deserves a better credit rating (The Financial Express)

What are you reading?

Here’s Why Your Stocks Are in Such a Mess

The current financial crisis that has led to investors losing tons of money is an example of financial education being overridden by a swamp of overconfidence, arrogance, and a lack of common sense.

The culprits – banks, financial institutions, governments, and policymakers. In general, these ‘intelligent’ people lacked the humility to realize the danger of what they were doing.

The victims – Small investors, retirees, widows, you.

The lessons learnt – None! As they say, ‘History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme’.

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