New Delhi, Dec. 30 -- The year 2025 has gone by as quick as a wink-I dare say so has the first quarter of this century. It's 26 years since Y2K!

This is a time to look back and look forward. So what is it that you should be doing as far as your investing life is concerned? Some of what I suggest may reiterate what I have spoken about because good investing is boring. Core investing advice does not change every two weeks and even every two years.

First off, use all annual market forecasts of where the index will be and the five best stocks for next year as pure entertainment. Because data in every single market shows that these projections have absolutely no correlation with reality.

A study in Mint illustrated how stock picks by expert...