By SMART BETA • June 8, 2016
Gold miners update
A few weeks back I had written about an impending correction in gold miners and although the correction did happen, the miners...
By SMART BETA • April 25, 2016
Earlier this year (Jan 28th to be precise) I had posted about my investment methodology and highlighted Gold Miners as an investment opportunity that...
By SMART BETA • April 15, 2016
Regular 10% returns per year in the stock market are a myth. So are 9% returns and 11% returns.
In introductory finance courses, you might be...
By SMART BETA • March 6, 2016
The first thing I strongly advise most people to consider is to Stop Investing directly in Equity Markets! What I mean by that slightly misleading...
By SMART BETA • February 13, 2016
Before getting into the details of bear market mathematics, I want you to ask yourself a question: “How much downside are you capable of...
By SMART BETA • January 28, 2016
In my previous post, I had elaborated on the underlying theory of investing as practiced by a quant value oriented investor. In this post, I will...
By SMART BETA • January 20, 2016
In this post, I will try to explain my underlying philosophy for portfolio construction in more detail, the reason for doing so is to present an...
By SMART BETA • January 16, 2016
Most people tend to remember only the most popular financial bubbles among the many that have popped. However such occurrences are far more common...
By SMART BETA • January 14, 2016
The following is an excerpt from one of my favorite investment books of all times “Deep Value” by Tobias Carlisle. The text is being reproduced...
By SMART BETA • November 17, 2015
I have always considered myself to be a value investor first and a trend follower second (buy value and sell on trend reversal or extreme diversion)....