mohit | Shared With: Everyone - Oct 31 2009 | todo, investing
Quoted: Bruce talks about behavioural finance and the irrationality of investors, the often ignored mathematical realities of the market, the brutality and danger of short selling (all short sales are treated as short term capital gains), the power and value of franchise and much more!
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mohit | Shared With: Everyone - Jun 11 2009 | investing, news, diversification, todo, toread
Quoted: You followed all the rules and put together a diversified investment portfolio. But it still went down along with the rest of the market. What went wrong?
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mohit | Shared With: Everyone - Jun 02 2009 | investing, books, todo, toreadShareViewed: 14 Times
mohit | Shared With: Everyone - Nov 25 2008 | todo, china, economy, investing
Interesting
Quoted: Uncle’s simple but powerful framework: China is supported by a three-legged stool, but two legs are now broken
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China’s economic growth is supported by three primary legs:
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1. export-led growth
2. real property growth
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mohit | Shared With: Everyone - Apr 07 2008 | news, wall street, investing, todo, risk, risk management
Quoted: So I call these crises "gray swans." I've been telling anyone willing to listen that banks have a tendency to sit on time bombs while convincing themselves that they are conservative and nonvolatile.
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mohit | Shared With: Everyone - Apr 07 2008 | investing, environment, green, investment club, todo
Good post, although saving money is significant a motivator for me. That is why I take the bus and why I have replaced all my bulbs (which also saves time since fluorescent bulbs last longer).
Quoted: Sacrifice 30 minutes of extra sleep on the weekend to deal with Zipcar vs. pull the car out of the garage? Spend 1-2 hours to replace all the bulbs in the house? Not going to happen.
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Saving money is also often not a sufficient motivator. But increasing portfolio returns vs. other investment vehicles while significantly improving health, all of which can start with testing the effects of one green change?ShareViewed: 18 Times
mohit | Shared With: Everyone - Apr 19 2007 | 401k, mutual funds, investment club, investing, google, todo, googlefinance
Cool. I'm going to use this to create a spreadsheet to compare the various investment options available in our 401k program. The research tools on our plan website are pretty minimal, so this should help.
UPDATE: I found the following undocumented attributes:
"name"ShareViewed: 40 Times


- btreloar - Jun 02 2009
You must be Mohit's friend before you can comment on this Fave.Good analysis. I didn't dump my equities ... but it's sobering to see the 5-year expected return is only about 12% ... hardly a dent in the 40% hit I took!
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