Thank You from TIP Guy and TIPBlog Readers
TIPBlog is close to 18 months old. Over these months, I believe I have become a better investor. Not in the context of becoming rich overnight, but in the sense that I now follow a documented process. Now, I put everything on paper (pun intended) which includes analysis, progress, decision making process, etc. It allows me to go back and evaluate my decision making process.
It has made me more disciplined. When you actually read your earlier thoughts, it gives you a starting point to measure your progress against that. If there is no documentation, it is likely that you will slip easily or make a rash decision.
In addition, I have interacted with quite a few folks who keep me busy by asking inquisitive questions. I love those questions, because they critic my assumptions, it gives a different perspective which I may have not thought about. In my view, it is impossible to think from all possible scenarios. It is humanely not possible. Since different people read this blog, the questions keep varying. Such questions bring more clarity in my analysis.
I do not know how these folks have benefited with discussions on this blog. When I say benefit, I do not mean ”good to have a knowledge” type of benefit. Those are just adjectives which does not grow your portfolio. Benefit means, did it influence your investment decisions? were you able to act on any of it? did you take any steps to create your personal risk profile? did you develop your process? Each and every reader and visitor of this blog is a valued contributor in one way or the other. All 700+ subscribers have contributed in some way.
But there are some readers who have contributed more, who have engaged in meaningful dialog, and who have helped grow this blog. These are the readers who have:
- Left comments or sent me emails that go beyond “company specific” tip/views/suggestions;
- Even when they have company specific questions, usually, they are supplemented with their own thought process on why they think it is an opportunity;
- Left questions which forced me to think twice before responding; and
- Questions that turned into next article.
Following is the list of 14 people who have done more than rest of us.
- Vikrant
- BuffetFan (blog link)
- Saif Shakeel
- Arun
- Chetan S. Raut
- Raju
- Sachin8778
- Raju Ban Gaya Investor
- BhattRajendra
- DS
- Yogesh Tiwari
- Mahmud Mansuri
- Rutwik Dholakia
- Raja (blog link)
I would be sending a “Thank You” gift to these 14 people as a token of my appreciation. The gift is in the form of investment book you may like to read. For privacy reasons, I will contact you on email. I hope you will continue with your comments and questions.
I have limited resources for this give away. Therefore, I have selected only few among many of us.
tip guy, TIPBlog
Thank you TIP. I really appreciate your gift…… and more over you made us think and analyze rather than assuming to be investing……
Thank you TIP Guy. It has been my pleasure to leave comments and interact with you over an email. You email responses definately showed me how much effort and sincerity you put in responding to my questions. many times i feel guilty of thinking i m asking a trivial questions. i have left my sub-broker now, but when i used him, even than he never helped me like you have responded on emails.
if there is one thing that i have to pin point on what i get out of this blog, it is: APPLIED INVESTING.
(1) you have an amazing sense of analysis in putting options, opportunities, stocks anlysis into your context.
(2)your discussions are very to the point and shows how to filter market pundits and their blabbering.
(3)i like the way you show what makes sense (4)i like you avoiding cliched “knowledge imparting” raag, “teaching you” raag or “helping you make money” raag that every tom dick and harry is saying these days.
Thank you for making me a better investor.
Thank you Tip-Guy, for making the readers better investors. Your patience in carrying out discussions with us perhaps comes from the same source as your investment process!
The gift is a pleasant surprise – & thanks for that, too.
Cheers,
Arun
I haven’t heard so far that any blogger has rewarded his readers for reading and contributing towards the blog, This is truly exceptional and only tip guy can do it.
First you are making us rich with the knowledge that you are providing on the blog( lets not forget it free), to top it we get free recommendation and in-depth analysis or stocks and now a gift for us, What should we say wow nahhhhhhhhh thats a small , wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
I am not sure if WE thank you enough, so a big thank youuuuu to you from all of us.
PS: The books are very interesting
Cheers
Vik
hi TIP,
first of all, I don’t like this alias of yours, it does not feel right!! What kind of name “TIP Guy” is? Anybody else agree with me?
Second, thanks for the book. I sent you an email with my preferred choice. I will try to write a summary of the book. My english writing and communication is not that great so you may or may not publish – your choice.
Once again Thanks! Pleasure is all mine.
I will also try to contribute as much as I can, but you see I am not that smart
otherwise I would have been blogging.
Best Regards,
DS
Hi TIP Guy,
What can i say, I have just started reading your blog since last 2-3 months. And you have been a big influence on me in the following areas:
1. Eariler i had put some money only in ELSS MF’s and few random stocks in which i was lucky to come out with modest gains. Mostly i would put the money, when i had surplus cash and it would be based on some reccomendations or opportunities(news based tip’s). It’s only after reading your blog that I have disciplined myself to allocate and hold cash into different investment buckets (concept learnt from your post) and wait till i understand and identify companies in which i want to invest and hold for long term.
2. Another thing i have learnt and been trying to follow is your index based investing. The allocated funds are still in cash
All in all you have been a kind of guru for me who has never asked for any guru dakshina.
On top of that you are giving me this book. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
And yes i agree with your old friend DS, the name TIP Guy and TIP Blog are a kind of misnomer. Most of your posts are in the realm of gyan and hardly can be called tips
Can you suggest me a book out of the list, based on your experience except ‘Intelligent Investor’ as i’m currently reading it. I hardly know anything about the other books.
Regards
Raja
Hi TIP Guy,
I got the delivery of books. Thanks Again!
Only recently i understood the meaning of TIP. So i take back my words written above about TIP being a .misnomer’.
Regards
Raja
Hello Raja,
Thanks for receipt. Yeah, folks understand its meaning little bit late
Best Wishes,
Thanks for the gift sir…Your blog has indeed become a goldmine for investors and the point of long term being not just a year or 2 but in multiples of 4-5 yrs is really coming across…
Saif
Hello Tip,
I have found your blog exceptional and have learnt a lot in the last 8 weeks or so. I have started implementing some of the learnings.
What books/blogs would you recommend a value investor should read and digest?
Regards,
~sundar
hi tip guy,
I missed reading this post. But now I am surprised to see my name. Checked it twice to confirm
What should I say? I am honored to be in this list.
All bloggers list their favourite bloggers (usually big names to get their attention) or get some mileage. BUT i have never seen a blogger listing their commentators or readers. HATS OFF to YOU. I would have been happy to just being acknowledged and being noticed. BUT again you surprised with a gift of investing book.
I and my dad are fans of your blog. I got my dad hooked onto it. We are SUPER FANS !
I have learnt one thing, actually many more, but key is maximize your own returns, focus, patience. Right/wrong is relative and not in absolute sense.
Regards,
RD
Yo Man!!
I got my copy yesterday! Thanks a lot!!
Let’s continue our journey of investing!
Thank you TIP guy
HI tipguy…
i got delivery of book………hope we will have relation in long term same as our investment…..
Thanx,
Chetan sadanand Raut
Hello Chetan,
Thanks for acknowledging the receipt.
Best wishes,
I have finished reading half of the Snowball(the book itself is a snowball consisting odd 1000 pages),and i would say that it is really eye opener book in other way round. Buffet was a living moron. You will start hating buffet more & more as you approach the end of the book. Money is not at all important in one’s life. Life is beautiful. Buffet missed enjoying life at many occasions which in our view were important. for example instead of buying a crib for his daughter, he used table drawer to keep his children.. what a life? and what is the use of such money which is saved like this?
Hi MIP and others,
TIP Guy has done a great job of giving us these books in gift.
I have a proposal. Can we guys exchange among ourselves the different books we have picked up once we are done reading them ?
If any of you are in B’lore we can exchange by meeting else of course we can courier.
@MIP
Let me know if you would be interested.
Regards
Raja
What can I say? People are never perfect!
I live in Pune. So it would be difficult for me to exchange books every now and then.
What i would suggest that if we write a small review then depending upon that we will decide to buy it.
regards
Yup, I would love to publish snippet and link it to your blog for rest of them.
Hello… I got the book. Thank you TIP.
Thanks