Showing posts with label Riding the Roller Coaster. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Riding the Roller Coaster. Show all posts

Monday, April 10, 2017

Are all market crashes bad?

Amit Trivedi of Karmayog Knowledge Academy on why the great Indian securities scam resulted in a better and safer market for the investors. 

Click on the link below to read the article:
Are all crashes bad? 

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Friday, March 17, 2017

Friday, January 27, 2017

Seeking your reviews about my book - Riding The Roller Coaster

Those of you who have read my book “Riding The Roller Coaster – Lessons from financial market cycles we repeatedly forget”, may I request you to spare some time and write a small review, please? You may do one or more of the following:
  1. If you have bought the book from an online store like http://www.amazon.in; you may go to the respective store’s site, log-in and write your review on the book’s page
  2. You may create your profile on http://www.goodreads.com and write a review on the page for this book
  3. You may write a review and send me an e-mail
  4. You may write a review, post it on any of the social media sites and send me a link
  5. If you are a blogger, you may write a post regarding the book
  6. If you are associated with media, and if it possible, you may write a book review and send me a link
Looking forward to your support.

Saturday, December 24, 2016

Monday, October 17, 2016

Monday, September 5, 2016

Happy Teachers' Day

History has been one of the finest teachers for mankind. We have learnt so much from what our earlier generations have done.
On this Teachers’ Day, I bow down to all the teachers – present and the past, who have helped me learn and grow in life. Your contribution has been immense in making this book (Riding The Roller Coaster - Lessons from financial market cycles we repeatedly forget) possible.

Sunday, May 8, 2016

On herd mentality ...


Don't follow the herd - Think rational We being social animals have a tendency to follow what our peers do. Hence during uncertain times we tend to take haphazard investment decision which we regret later. To avoid such situation and make the most from our portfolio it is important to think rationally and make prudent decision, reckons Amit Trivedi

Read more at: http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/mf-experts/dont-followherd-think-rational_711454.html?utm_source=ref_article



Also read how investors queue up to invest in IPOs ... Investing in IPO and herd mentality

Thursday, March 17, 2016

Hum nahin sudharenge ...

Yesterday, an article I wrote appeared in Mint.  (See the link below)

Understanding the line “past performance may or may not be sustained”

The article talked about how looking at a single period could be unfair and wrong.

And another newspaper surprised us by carrying a very similar article - repeating the same mistake today.

Her is the link to that article:

Sector funds beat diversified peers in 10-year SIP returns

Remember Infrastructure funds outperformed the diversified funds in 2007-08 and Tech funds beat these funds hands down in 1999-2000.

Lekin hum nahin sudharenge.

Sunday, January 3, 2016

Beware of market reports! - from the archives

This one is from the archives. I wrote this in March 2010.


Do you consider market reports as advice or do you treat them just as a piece of reporting? Investment expert Amit Trivedi guides you.

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