People outside the financial industry may not realise the ails of the industry! Let us look at the brokerage industry. Not long ago – circa 199o even until 1999, brokerage rates were falling but still was about 2% per transactions. Then the corporate sector war started – chasing the top line to come out with […]
at various levels the common man has been told lies. The common man being the common man, he believes the newspapers, the television channels, the experts who come on television, the advisers, the media experts…..and everybody and everyone. Let us see some more of the lies that he/ she believe: 1. India is a socialistic […]
You talk to any HNI and he will tell you ‘OMG ..my relationship manager made me do this’…and then they start bashing the poor kid. The relationship manager in the bank is the foot soldier who meets the customer and tries to get revenue for the bank or brokerage house… What is his role (as […]
My heart goes out to people who run television channels, magazines and websites – the constant search for news is not easy. Let us take the RBI rate hike which happened. A 0.25% increase in the Repo rate is actually not such a big news, but if you have to write about, it, well, you […]
Of course the BFSI space is booming and there are all types of stories about it. However the mutual fund industry, the life insurance industry and the brokerage industry are not as profitable as the pundits tell us. The profitability of the banking business is visible to all. Even the Psu banks make money – […]
The same experts who in 2007 said markets are fairly priced at 21000 are saying it is overpriced at 18400. Are they wrong or is the market wrong? Last week Shankar Sharma said he likes auto stocks. He was particularly bullish on Ta Mo. Ta Mo is one of my favorite stocks. When Mr. Ratan […]
I wish I had joined the mafia – at least everybody would KNOW that I am a bad man! A friend of mine in a high position in a big finance company told me this yesterday! The following are a mix of my views and partly his lament! Having seen Investment banking (I think a […]