Investing is no different from swimming. To learn swimming you NEED to jump in the pool. To learn investing you NEED to jump into investing. Will you make mistakes? yes Will you lose money? yes Will you improve as an investor? yes But, if you assume the worst case: "Oh what if I drown and die". True. But if you are an eternal pessimist-- then you can never really learn swimming. What you should rather be is: a curated pessimist. You should take every precaution not to die, while you learn swimming. Eg. hire a coach, read a book, do not go in the deep end, or swim in baby pool. Interestingly, the same applies to investing. Start with Index funds. Move to large caps. Then keep learning and increasing your risk profile, when you get more skilled. If you take investing as a skill improvement game, you will really enjoy it. The way, good swimmers enjoy swimming.

Rahul Gandhi and Dr Rajan had a chat about India's Economy. This was an insightful chat, but unfortunately people only saw the political side of it. And, missed the economic side. So here is an economic and fact-based breakdown. [A thread..]