The document discusses when not to invest money and provides reasons for investing. It advises against investing money without understanding the reasons for doing so, such as for retirement planning, maintaining purchasing power, or generating income. Investors should have clear goals and understand how their investments help achieve those goals. The document cautions that "what else to do with it" and following others are not valid reasons for investing.

1. When you should never ever
invest your money?

2. For some of you who are watching the
markets, days like now look very scary.

3. For some, these are compelling
opportunities.

4. I am personally breaking my fixed
deposits and investing in equities.

5. I ran my numbers. I think doing this
will help me get to my goal of retiring
early faster.

6. What you should do?

7. You choose what you want to do
depending on your goals.

8. Whatever you choose to do never ever
invest your money for this reason

9. What else to do with the money? I don’t
know what to do with it. So, let me invest
it’ - is not an acceptable reason. It isn’t.

10. Don’t invest if you are not sure
why you are investing.

11. If you have money, keep it under your
mattress, or give it away to charity or
blow it up on something awesome.

12. Or gift it to me.

13. Why invest?

14. So, lets give you a reason to invest
if you don’t have one already.

15. It could be one or more

16. 1. You need the money in
future for some expenses

17. 2. You need the money to grow and
retain its purchasing power

18. 3. You want regular income
from the investments

19. 4. You want to have some fun
with the investments.

20. 5. Markets are going up….

21. 6. Markets are going down….

22. 7. Others are investing…..

23. Some of the above are good reasons to
invest. Some of the above are bad
reasons to invest.

24. Bad reason > No reason
But Having a bad reason > having no
reason.

25. Don’t invest a single pie until
you have this figured out in
your head.

26. Avoid heart burns in the future.