January 2014 – MFA Capital Pvt. Ltd.

The January Effect

By Ketan SejpalPosted on January 31, 2014Posted in UncategorizedNo Comments

Bogus Effect This time of year, we often find ourselves reading about the “January Effect,” which is sometimes described as a predictable way to forecast returns, and sometimes as a way to know whether this is, or is not, a good year to invest and make some money. Unfortunately, most of this reporting is nonsense. […]

Bitcoins: Investment or Bust?

By Ketan SejpalPosted on January 31, 2014Posted in Financial LiteracyNo Comments

You may have been hearing lately about an alternative currency known as bitcoins, and the stories tend to be bizarre. Like, for example, the person who traded in his computer for a newer model and later realized (too late, as it turned out) that the hard drive contained $7.5 million worth of bitcoin currency in […]

Collector v/s Investor

By Ketan SejpalPosted on January 17, 2014Posted in UncategorizedNo Comments

This is one stock market, fortune-telling, goof-up that has the potential to trend on Twitter as an #EpicFail Somewhere in August 2000, Fortune Magazine came up with a buy-and-forget portfolio for investors who were looking to retire in 2010. The promise was “If you’re a long-term investor, these 10 should […]

Month: January 2014