As you probably know almost all global markets (especially the emerging markets) are correcting and all of them have corrected sharply. It doesn’t matter whether you are from India or China or USA, the recent fall in stocks would have affected you.

I’m sure that you must be in a panic situation now even I’m in a panic situation. So that made me to write this blog post. I started investing in Stock Market back in 2005. But I didn’t make any significant amount of returns. In fact I have booked losses several times in range of 5 to 20% and then quit the stock market for some time. But I decided to enter stocks again back in January and started building a portfolio. I started with Mutual Funds too but when the markets fell sharply. I asked myself “Why should I invest in Mutual Funds when the Stock Market is attractive?” that made me to invest directly in stocks. And I began to buy quality stocks on every dip. The result: the stock market crash never ended it and it’s falling day by day. And I’m sitting at a loss of 10%. (more…)

How To Survive In A Bear Market - A Warren Buffett Style

The market has corrected very sharply in the past few days, so I thought it would be useful to consider few ways to survive in a bear market and of course following the Warren Buffett style.

I’ve selected a few quotes by Warren Buffett which makes sense and if you follow that you can survive any bear market.

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Enter The Stock Market When No One Dares

Warren Buffett says “Most people get interested in stocks when everyone else is. The time to get interested is when no one else is. You can’t buy what is popular and do well.”

• Don’t buy stocks recommended by brokerages or analysts without careful analysis.

• “The market is always right”.

• You can never be taught about market, you have to learn it by yourself from your experience.

• You must always balance fear and greed.

• Panic selling during a sharp fall is the worst thing to do

I guess if you read the first part of my Guide To Investing In Stock Market (Part 1). If you haven’t read that yet then I request you to go through that. Before investing in stock market I really recommend you to go through the life of Warren Buffet (World’s Greatest Investor of all times).

Warren Buffett’s Secrets of Success

If you are an investor and don’t know who Warren Buffett is then Warren Edward Buffett (born August 30, 1930, Omaha, Nebraska) is an American investor, businessperson and philanthropist. He is the third richest person in the world according to Forbes Magazine with an estimated current net worth of around US$56.9 Billion. He known as the world’s greatest investor or “Oracle of Omaha”.

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