TBNG Magazine – January 2019
Start of the year 2018 was marked by high optimism reflected in valuations, which were above historical average by a margin. Rising oil prices, depreciating Rupee, Rising interest rate, Default by IL&FS, liquidity and FII selling resulted into crash in small and mid-cap stocks and correction in large cap stocks. However, among all the gloom […]
TBNG Magazine – October 2018
Indian Markets are going through correction and it is quite normal for investors to feel the heat and question their investment rationale. During last 30 days,India witnessed a series of events
TBNG Magazine – July 2018
Noise levels in current market are very high with everyday new case of defaults emerging and it is making investors nervous and rightly so as hard earned savings are at stake. Indian economy is going through tough times with GDP registering straight fall in last 5 quarter and most of the high frequency indicators are […]
Status Quo Bias in investing
If we don’t Challenge the way Things have always been we’ll never discover the greatest breakthroughs of our future Status Quo bias simply means doing nothing i.e. avoiding active decision and the let things happen as they always have been without taking any efforts to change it, this is mainly because of the fear that […]
Worry Bias
The act of worrying is an ordinary and widespread human experience. Worry increases anxiety while taking an investment decisions. It perceives the risk and lowers level of risk tolerance among investors. In turn, such concern makes investors to avoid investing in high risk assets like equity funds. Thinking Man recommends how to overcome “Worry Bias”? […]
Problem of Averages
A boat has sunk in the middle of a river. Jack and Jill, both 6 feet tall are forced to wade through the water to reach land. They see 2 sign boards in opposite directions. Sign A says ‘average depth 5 feet’ and sign B says ‘average depth 3 feet’. Jack follows sign A while […]
Insurance OR Investment NOT Insurance AND Investment
Life, Home, auto, fire are most common forms of insurance that all of us would have heard of. But did you know about these 4 strange instances in which insurance has been used to protect ones assets? 1. Footballer Cristiano Ronaldo has insured his legs for 90 million pounds! 2. ‘Death by coconut falling on […]
Similar Strategies between Investment Planning and Football
“The game of investing is a lot like football. You have to tackle your problems, block your fears and score your points when you get the opportunity.” Along the lines of this quote, this article aims at drawing parallels in terms of strategies, from the fields of investment and the ‘beautiful game’, football. Tactical analysis […]
News Bias
In today’s technologically advanced world we have an overload of information. We are informed about almost everything but know only a few things. You might wonder why? Let’s take an example. Can you name one piece of news over the past few years that have helped you take a certain drastic step with respect to […]
Setting Your Goals
Manish & Shikha, a couple from Mumbai plans to join for mountain expedition together this summer vacation. They have undergone a professional mountaineer training, purchased / rented trekking equipments, hired a professional group for expertise en-route, etc. We understand training and equipments are important things before joining for expedition. But the most important thing is […]
