http://www.subramoney.com/finance-for-non-finance-people-workshop/ Since the name of the game is transparency …all websites should be made to disclose how the costs add up. For example on mutual fund, banking and life insurance sites there should be a ‘disclosure’ of salaries. I should know that the MD got a salary of Rs. 2 crores + esop +….This will […]

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When we were younger – in school and college, the White man spoke DOWN to us telling us what is right and what is wrong. Now we know that Dr. ManMohan Singh is better than Obama, and all our RBI governors are far, far, far superior to Ben Bernanke and his great predecessor! We of […]

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Are the Indian promoters who destroy shareholder  wealth the worst in the world? Or are there some who are worse than that? In the American context there were AIG, Citibank, Goldman Sachs, Lehman, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae… or should we talk about the worst environmental disaster by BP? Well well, the list is long is […]

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Once upon a time not very long ago the MD of a company (who had never been in a sales function) was making a presentation. At this presentation he would put the Customer on top….and tell the world that the whole organization existed for the customer. Obviously in this diagram of hierarchy he would be […]

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Cholamandalam DBS did a private placement of its shares @ Rs. 92 with IFC, Washington. This is just a small story. There is a website which sells financial information…this statement is hilarious. You should read it. It quotes Reuters…and says Chola has 2 subsidiaries – Murugappa group and DBS Bank in Singapore…read on! http://www.alacrastore.com/company-snapshot/Cholamandalam_D_B_S_Finance_Ltd-2507782 and […]

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A friend says it would be great if you could choose where to be born and as what. If you were born in 1900 you should have been born in England. If you were to be born in 1950 you should have been born in US. If you were born in 2000 you would be […]

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Is the market going to go up or go down? Well we all have tackled this question in many ways..here is one more! One ‘Wealth Manager’ came to me recently with a PMS scheme which gives me a 12% assured return (over 3.25 years not annually) – and this fund will invest in a mix […]

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