How can I put in few words or few sentences what it means to be part of BC. I am in stock market since 15 years and had lost almost my lifetime of earnings in the hands of HBJs of this world. I came across BC at retirement stage of my career and decided to give it a try. I did not follow BC recommendations and advice all the time because of my bitter experience with various equity consultants who had managed to reduce my capital to 5% of its value.

As time went on at BC, I realized that here was a gem of a person – the one and only KOHINOOR with a crystal clear honesty and integrity and intelligence whose advice could be followed towards financial freedom. I did not fear retirement as I knew there was a rock solid support at every stage. So what, if, being a Muslim lady I do not believe in taking bank interest, I was sure Basant Sir would be always be there to generate sufficient returns for me on my investment.

As BC winds up within next 24 hours, I wish for a glorious future ahead for Basant Sir. May you keep on shining bright and be able to find a way to assist many more in future towards financial freedom. Ameen.

Dear Basantji, it is a great loss to small investors that they would miss a great guide/teacher in you. BC created lot of crorepathis. Your teachings to us will remain forever and would guide us. When in doubt or confusion, we can refer to our bible, The Thoughtful Investor book. You are so open that you revealed all your experiences and stock market nuances in your book and also online.

What i learnt from you:
1. Dare to dream with stocks. Invest without fear. I never wait in cash to wait for THAT great moment to deploy cash (where that moment would be filled with greatest fear to enter). No more market timing. After deploying the cash, everybody would be fully invested and i dont understand how some people advice to maintain certain cash levels always (when do they invest it then).
2. Portfolio allocation is more important than stock selection. When an opportunity strikes, invest with greater weight.
3. Borrowed conviction is more dangerous than borrowed capital.

There are lot of pseudo advisory companies which become member of stalwarts like you and then make money by echoing the recommendations. These people hardly understand the key USP of Basant's Corner and wrongly touch the lion (mkt) to get beaten up while putting the blame onto you in online communities/message boards/social media. No true investor following the quintessence of your teachings in basant's corner can lose money in stock market. You created wealth for your subscribers and more to it, built confidence in them to approach the market as our companion in wealth building.

We will miss you a lot for sure. Wishing you the very best in life and hope to see you even BIGGER. You are the epitome of integrity and preach what you follow yourself.

BTW there were few tweeter stalwarts who echoed that basant is advising his members to go on leverage etc. You are the only one in the world to have dealt this topic in detail in your book and also prescribed guard rails for leverage and also its pitfalls/demerits. So called buffett followers in India do not understand that buffett's wealth is mainly due to the FLOAT (another form of leverage). You taught us that debt is not a sin and when used wisely with guard rails, companies as well as investors can create wealth.

Thanks,
Raj

Debt is not a sin losing capital is. that is why we focus more on capital preservation than on refusing to take leverage.

If a stock is going up forget leverage I will sell my house to buy it. Remember when Repco listed at 170 we used to say - Sell your Home and buy Repco Home!!!

Originally posted by raj_koth Dear Basantji, it is a great loss to small investors that they would miss a great guide/teacher in you. BC created lot of crorepathis. Your teachings to us will remain forever and would guide us. When in doubt or confusion, we can refer to our bible, The Thoughtful Investor book. You are so open that you revealed all your experiences and stock market nuances in your book and also online. What i learnt from you: 1. Dare to dream with stocks. Invest without fear. I never wait in cash to wait for THAT great moment to deploy cash (where that moment would be filled with greatest fear to enter). No more market timing. After deploying the cash, everybody would be fully invested and i dont understand how some people advice to maintain certain cash levels always (when do they invest it then). 2. Portfolio allocation is more important than stock selection. When an opportunity strikes, invest with greater weight. 3. Borrowed conviction is more dangerous than borrowed capital. There are lot of pseudo advisory companies which become member of stalwarts like you and then make money by echoing the recommendations. These people hardly understand the key USP of Basant's Corner and wrongly touch the lion (mkt) to get beaten up while putting the blame onto you in online communities/message boards/social media. No true investor following the quintessence of your teachings in basant's corner can lose money in stock market. You created wealth for your subscribers and more to it, built confidence in them to approach the market as our companion in wealth building. We will miss you a lot for sure. Wishing you the very best in life and hope to see you even BIGGER. You are the epitome of integrity and preach what you follow yourself. BTW there were few tweeter stalwarts who echoed that basant is advising his members to go on leverage etc. You are the only one in the world to have dealt this topic in detail in your book and also prescribed guard rails for leverage and also its pitfalls/demerits. So called buffett followers in India do not understand that buffett's wealth is mainly due to the FLOAT (another form of leverage). You taught us that debt is not a sin and when used wisely with guard rails, companies as well as investors can create wealth. Thanks, Raj

Basant ji, I have been following you for last so many years & your guidance has helped me multiplying my wealth tremendously. I would like to thank you for your regular guidance, knowledge & pearls of wisdom which you shared from time to time.

You will remain a source of inspiration for all of us & I strongly feel that you will reach new heights very soon.

Wishing you All the best for your future.

Thanks once again for everything !!








It is my sincere wish that you have many many more healthy,successful & bullish years ahead.