Category: Asset Allocation
It was nearly 10 years ago that I received a big Cheque thanks to selling off a asset that had suddenly appreciated in value much beyond what I had imagined. What I did with that was a kind of turning point (in a bad way) in my life. But this post is not about the stupidity I did, its about...
For a long time now, I have been updating a simple Asset Allocation Model here. This model which has a large weight towards Time and Value is designed primarily for Active Investors who would like to reduce risks when markets look frothy and add to exposure when blood is on the streets. Most asset allocation models advise one to re-balance...
Twitter is a great way to share view points but given that one has limited number of characters within which to express one’s opinion, the opinion can be misconstructed to mean something other than what it was supposed to mean in the first place. I made a comment on how major brokerages were recommending the DMart issue not because it...
Equity Markets move in cycles is we all know. But if only we knew when the markets will top and when they shall bottom, life would be so much simpler. Since we don’t have that information, all we can do is use a bit of mathematics to try and figure out how and where to add exposure to markets and...
The topic is something I have written about earlier but given the nature of the market, it keeps propping up as one or the other side unearths what seems to be new evidence which show why one is better than the other. In the United States, its more or less settled that Active funds cannot beat simple ETF’s and this...
Dogs of the Dow is a very old strategy strategy popularized by Michael B. O’Higgins in 1991 (Wiki Link). The concept if you aren’t too interested in checking out the link is to buy the top dividend yielding firms and holds for a period of 1 year before a new set is selected and invested therein. On the US markets, this...
One of the key reasons for savings is to ensure that once one retires from their job, they have enough resources to help them lead a comfortable life for the next XX years they may survive. The last thing most people want is to become destitute’s in their old age and dependent on either their children or worse relations. If...
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