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That is one very good reason to stay away from mutual funds. Even after this people get really excited about MFs. It has seen some lucrative returns over the past few years. But in India, almost all investments have appreciated in the last few years. Unfortunately you have a big task ahead of you in ...

Don't waste your time on it. In my two days of trying it (before I cancelled), I found it unstable. The app on my LG TV was unstable and kept crashing. When it does play on a few occasions, it buffers a lot. [QUOTE=Chakraan;480898]They should have "Apps" for those company who provides Indian channel ...

Buffet for one has generally managed to beat S&P. Am pretty sure there are others too. I haven't read this book so cannot comment on its accuracy or the sample set it looks at. If you are looking for average returns, the strategy looks like a good one. My interest in investing is for a few reasons ...

I was casually reading your diary the other day and this stayed with me. And this reverberated when speaking with folks around. Anyone looking at investing in the stock market is eyed with a suspicion and considered as the one trying to make a quick buck. People's attitudes do not change soon but ...

Do you generally account for these things when looking at an investment? In general do you or others as value investors have invested significant amount of time understanding accounting principles like GAAP? [QUOTE=ragups;99035]smariner, Berkshire's reported GAAP compliant earnings are essentially ...

Am still trying to wrap my brain around calls and puts and have not been able to internalize it well. Guess it happens over time.

I have been reading "The five rules for successful stock investing" by pat dorsey and so far it seems sufficient. Of-course my background is Tech for the last 12 years and have been reading up on value investing since the past 2-3 years. Would you recommend this book beyond the basic ones? Thank you