The world’s most successful investor, Warren Buffett, famously said “If you don’t find a way to make money while you sleep, you will work until you die”. A lot of people misunderstand this...
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3 Important lessons in Stock Market Investing
Most new investors come with dreams of making a lot of money in the stock market. They invest in stocks that are recommended on business channels (like CNBC) or they buy stocks that are...
Cup and Handle Pattern: Meaning with Example
The ‘Cup and Handle’ is a pattern which forms on the chart when a rising stock – goes through both price correction and time correction. Price correction is when the price of a stock...
Bearish Engulfing Candle Stick Pattern
The ‘Bearish Engulfing’ is a two-candle pattern. The first candle will be smaller and green in colour. The second candle will engulf (entirely cover) the previous candle...
Peter Lynch: More money is lost anticipating market corrections
This is a very important quote from one of the world’s most successful investors – Peter Lynch – who is also the author of the popular book ‘One Up On Wall Street’. The quote highlights a...
The courage to stay invested in the stock market
Very few people have the courage to stay invested in the market for long periods of time. And this includes those who invest in the market through the mutual fund route. There are several...
10% vs 15% Returns: How big is the difference?
How big is the difference between 10% returns and 15% returns? A lot of people do not understand how much difference 5% extra returns can make, over a long period of time. Let us take an...
10 years of outperformance, 1 year of overconfidence!
Let’s say you were consistent with your mutual fund SIPs for 10 years. Your funds perform very well, and you earn compounded returns of 20% CAGR. If you were consistently investing ₹ 30,000...
How to earn 1 crore from the stock market
Who doesn’t dream of earning 1 crore from the stock market. A lot of people want to, but very few have been able to successfully achieve the goal. Reason? There are no short-cuts. There is...
Stock Market Psychology: A watched pot never boils
‘A watched pot never boils’ is a phrase which means ‘time will pass very slowly when you wait for something to happen’. This phrase was first published by Benjamin Franklin way back in the...