Investing for the "Long Term" - Article for the day 22nd August

Given the general pessimistic mood in the country right now and how everyone seems to be talking about the rupee dollar rate as well as the plummeting stock market, this article just made a lot of sense.

To quote 

"You'll be better off invested in equity rather than in fixed income of some kind. At a basic level, one can expect that over time businesses will generate more return than their cost of borrowing, otherwise it doesn't make sense to be in business. Individual businesses will do worse, but as a whole, Indian businesses will deliver a return higher than fixed income returns over time." 

http://www.valueresearchonline.com/story/h2_storyView.asp?str=23198

P.S. The logic behind these posts can be found in this post