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Investing in Rationality - To Invest Rationally
An endeavor to educate investors on personal finance - with a hope to demystify the world of investing and nudge them towards financial independence.
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The pari-mutuel world of horse racing: a mental model for investing
Often, we are made to believe that picking great companies is all it takes to make it big in investing. Buy the right companies, and sit...
Vishal Barfiwala
Sep 14, 202410 min read
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A Tale of Two Worlds - Mediocristan & Extremistan
We live in two very different worlds. One is the bounded physical world which is predictable, where averages have meaning, and there is...
Vishal Barfiwala
Dec 31, 20236 min read
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Ageing in reverse with Lindy
"What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger"
The life expectancy of non-perishable things is as long as their current life- Lindy Effect
Vishal Barfiwala
Sep 21, 20227 min read
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IPOs - Insiders’ Private Opportunities
Does IPO investing generate wealth?
Here's an analytical look at IPO performance over 15 years & a perspective on IPO investing.
Vishal Barfiwala
Apr 6, 202210 min read
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Why we suck at long-term (and how to get better at it)
We know a lot of things we need to do in life to succeed in the long term. Yet we do the exact opposite - But why?
Vishal Barfiwala
Mar 22, 20229 min read
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Survivorship Bias, and learning from the fallen
The story of Abraham Wald The scene is set in 1943 - at the peak of World War II in New York. America had set up a classified program in...
Vishal Barfiwala
Mar 10, 20229 min read
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Simple Steps to Wealth - Part 2: The Do Not's
We educated folk are often illiterate when it comes to personal finance. We saw the To-Dos in part 1. This article focuses on the Do NOTs.
Vishal Barfiwala
Feb 14, 202211 min read
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Simple steps to wealth - Part 1: The Do's
We educated folks are quite illiterate when it comes to personal finance. Lets focus on basics (80%) before over optimizing returns (20%).
Vishal Barfiwala
Feb 1, 202210 min read
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Via Negativa: Subtract to Multiply!
To improve something, one approach is to figure out what to add to it. Often though, it is better to explore what to remove.
Via Negativa.
Vishal Barfiwala
Dec 22, 20215 min read
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Drown out the noise
A Friday crash follows the Monday fall at markets, what's in store and what should you do? Maruti Suzuki, Dabur among 8 stocks which may...
Vishal Barfiwala
Nov 29, 20216 min read
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The limits of rationality in decision making
A brief lesson in history Humans (technically - all the species with the genus 'Homo') have wandered over earth for over 2.5 million...
Vishal Barfiwala
Nov 10, 20219 min read
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Risk - The invisible investing parameter
There is much ambiguity when it comes to understanding risk in investing. Especially, the misconception of equating risk to volatility.
Vishal Barfiwala
Oct 15, 202110 min read
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Time travelling with equities
Is equity investing akin to gambling? Lets look at Sensex to develop insights into how equities have delivered over different time horizons.
Vishal Barfiwala
Sep 28, 20217 min read
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What's your investing game?
When in comes to the arena of investing, often investors (or traders) have no idea what game they are playing.
Vishal Barfiwala
Sep 18, 20216 min read
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Probabilities and Tail Events in the Game of Investing
What is the probability of picking a card from a standard deck of 52 cards, which is red and is numbered? - Math paper, most schools...
Vishal Barfiwala
Sep 2, 20216 min read
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The ABC of Investing: Always Be Compounding
One formula to rule ‘em all There is one formula or equation in almost every subject which has a profound impact in understanding and...
Vishal Barfiwala
Sep 1, 20218 min read
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