In this blog, we are going to talk about one mistake often committed by investors and how this mistake is further compounded over time. As investors, we must be interested in just returns, be it from some popular or
Category - Behavioural Traps
3 Things to do during Stock Market Correction
Currently, we are experiencing a correction in the stock market which is a normal part and a temporary phenomenon in a business cycle. But the cacophony of slowdown and pessimism leads to some usual investing mistake
Checking Stock Prices Regularly is Stressful and Unproductive
Time seems to fly by when we talk to people we are attracted to, or when we like doing something. And it also seems to slow down when we do something we find boring. In investing as well, something similar holds true
How to Emotionally Prepare for Stock Market Correction?
Most successful strategy in equity investing is buying good companies at cheap prices. This philosophy is called as Value Investing. However, cheap prices do not come without temporary negative news. One has to buy when
Be prepared to change your views, if the facts demand…In the Stock Markets too!
‘When the facts change, I change my mind, what do you do sir?’ – following this Keynesian quote in the stock markets may put you on the road to successful investing. But we humans are very reluctant when it comes to
Don’t forecast future stock prices, analyze a Company’s ability to earn future profits
Forecasts are difficult to make especially those concerning the future. In today’s world stock investing has become synonymous to forecasting! But the key to successful investing is having an analytical approach towards
Information, like antibiotics, works best when consumed in the right dosage
Information is like an antibiotic. An antibiotic over dosage can have varied effects on our health, from causing complications to being lethal. But what’s so disastrous about having an information overload. Stock
Get rid of the addiction of ‘listening’ to Experts
Listening to experts is almost like an addiction for most stock investors. While many don’t even realize that they are addicted to this, others who have experienced that experts don’t win for them, are wondering how
Time to switch off media and focus on long-term investing
Till last several months, Media has been touting high equity returns and multi-bagger stock picks at expensive prices. But, it seems the positive news has stopped all of the sudden. All news has been perceived
How to make losses less painful?
Psychology plays a major role in any decision making. There are ample studies to indicate that poor decision making can be attributed to a few key heuristics, leading to terrible consequences for the decision maker. One
Investors’ common mistake during bullish market
You as an investor, may be considering trailing earnings or ROEs as base case for arriving at any valuation. The problem in this assumption is that high ROEs and margins are not sustainable as every company or industry
Avoid Noise in long term investing!
Yesterday I had an interesting chat with one of our customers. We discussed various news and events. He suggested that we should include these into our research process. While its very valid point that we should keep