Brexit is a once in a lifetime event. I read this quote in one of the leading newspaper of UK. It may sound frivolous but has a deeper meaning. I was following this historical event of Brexit from the beginning. My key source of information was international newspapers and blogs. There was not much coverage in Indian Media on Brexit except "There will not be any impact". We are too occupied to cover the sensational news. Only Masala news can increase the readership or TRP. Coverage of Intellectual topics like Brexit takes a back seat. I was quite shocked to read/watch the post-Brexit coverage ... Read More
Gold ETF – Make Money When Trading at Discount or Premium
Gold ETF or Exchange Traded Fund is a gold holding in Electronic form. Each unit of Gold ETF is equivalent to 1gm of Gold. The price of a Gold ETF is equivalent to the domestic price of the physical gold. Though this post is not about Gold ETF. I will share how to make money from arbitrage opportunity in Gold ETF. Recently, i started investing in Gold through Gold ETF. There are multiple reasons for the same. One of the key reasons was that currently gold is available at a discount through an electronic form. Secondly, the world economic outlook is not looking great. For an investment purpose, ... Read More
Financial Investments – 11 Most Important Points to Consider
"Financial Investments are not a child's play" i read it in a book of a very famous investment guru. The term "investment guru" is loosely used in the personal finance space. We have investment gurus of the stock market, real estate, mutual funds, commodities etc. In past as a common investor, i used to get confused whom to follow and who should be ignored. I could not find reliable 360-degree information on financial investments. In India, all the people around us are also investment gurus. Normally an investor decides on Financial Investments based on the feedback from their relatives, ... Read More
Stock Market Crash – The Pain is NOT YET OVER
Yesterday's stock market crash is the beginning of series of crashes as we observed in 2008. Once the FEAR grips the market then Stock Market Crash is inevitable. There is 360-degree selling. The market has convincingly broken the psychological level of 7000. There was simply NO attempt of recovery. From quite long, i am cautioning readers of this blog to EXIT the Market. Some brave hearts are still hopeful. Current P/E levels are 18.75 and it is still expensive considering the poor corporate results. The FII's are emptying their bucket and they are in a quite hurry to do so. The inflows to ... Read More
Equity Exposure – Beware of 5 illogical Reasons to Invest
Are you taking Equity Exposure just for the sake of it? It's like eating food when you are not hungry. It will be right to say eating stale food (Bear Phase) instead of healthy food (Bull Phase). You may find expert suggestions to exit other asset classes but will never find a call to reduce Equity Exposure to NIL. As a retail investor, i took a call to quit Equity Investments. The key reason is that even if all the investors EXIT Gold, the gold prices will not be impacted much or collapse below the floor price. According to experts, the gold prices will not fall below the cost of production ... Read More
Physical Gold – Why you should hold it for Emergency Situation
It's a universal truth that Physical Gold act as an alternate currency. Investment Advisers never suggest you holding physical gold because of various reasons. Some of the reasons are security, purity, making charges if it is jewelry etc. I am not considering returns at this moment. I personally believe that there is 10%-15% more downside from current levels due to world's economic condition. Besides alternate currency, Gold also act as a hedge against inflation. Experts always suggest investing through Gold ETF's. Recently launched Gold Monetization Scheme generated lot of interest among ... Read More