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Here are events that shook world in 2013

In the beginning of the year, the safest asset – gold, after having a decade long bull run, saw weakness but in April gold prices (in Indian Rupees) came down more than 20 percent from their peak.

Read more at http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/investing/hereevents-that-shook-world2013_1008775.html

Coming soon: An equity market rally that everyone missed

Almost 18 percent return over a five-year period is not bad at all. Can such a performance qualify to be called a bull market? If that is the case, did we all miss this rally?, asks Amit Trivedi of Karmayog Knowledge Academy.



http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/mf-experts/coming-soonequity-market-rally-that-everyone-missed_973327.html#discontent_div

This time it's different - Is it Gold this time?

“Our research makes clear that to achieve true diversification an allocation to an outright position in gold provides benefits that cannot be replicated simply by investing in a wider commodities basket,” says Juan Carlos Artigas, investment research manager at the World Gold Council (WGC). “Gold should be viewed as a separate, distinct asset class, and a foundation to a well diversified investment portfolio,” Artigas says.

Well, I do not know much about future price of anything. It is impossible for me to predict the future, except that I know what date it will be tomorrow or even the day after or the next week or the next year.

However, what I know is a little bit of history and what some sages have said in the past.

The statements mentioned in the first paragraph remind me of the words of the investment sage, Sir John Templeton. He said, "The four most dangerous words in investing are: 'this time it's different.'"

The exact words are not used above, but they sound quite like, "This time it’s different.”