Preface Most of my friends and relatives are still gung-ho about real estate (RE) as an investment. It is a place for them to park money for a horizon of more than two years. However, I am skeptical if real-estate investments would fetch the same attractive returns of the past two-three decades. I am also … Read more
Preface We Indians have a craze for gold and real estate. Hence real estate, housing, construction, and infrastructure stocks had been the darlings of the market a few years back. However, those stocks lost fancy of the investors over time due to poor performance and excessive debt. With the interest rates peaking out now and … Read more
Preface In this post, let me share the typical problems faced by Indian farmers. Ten years ago, I bought a small piece (1.4 acres) of barren land. At that time, the fabrics woven out of Sulzer air-jet looms had attractive profit margins. Hence many weaving factories were mushrooming up around my place. I too was … Read more
Most of us have our hopes, dreams, and emotions attached to owning a home. I have even said earlier that owning a home should be the primary objective of a small investor beginning his career. Now I am contradicting that statement by saying that once you have learnt the basics of investing and has become … Read more