I am very, very old fashioned in my ‘valuation’ techniques. If you search through my blog you will see a lot of posts criticising the new gen valuation techniques. I used to like the PDR – price to DIVIDEND ratio. Then my valuation friends changed it to PER (price earning ratio). Of course then there […]

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If statistics are to be believed about 70% of the Engineers and MBAs of the class of 2011 are still looking for a job. Now about a Million kids of 2012 will be added to this pile of ‘Qualified Job Seekers’. Well most of them will graduate and continue to depend on their parents for […]

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We represent the gen born in the 1960s and we know everything. Yes everything. We represent banks, psu undertakings, life insurance companies, mutual funds,…and all the employers in India. Here listen: 1. “We will recruit you and invest in training” – do not believe this. We expect you to hit the market running on Wednesday […]

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Awesome news item saying that IRDA is cleaning up. Great. The way the financial services sector is structured, it should not be difficult to do it. There is only one downside. 38 mutual funds and 16 life insurance companies will close down. So the media being supported by them will shut down. No more sponsors, […]

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here is an article I did for Lokmat….it is in Marathi…   http://onlinenews1.lokmat.com/php/detailednews.php?id=OxygenEdition-57-1-15-03-2012-a3266&ndate=2012-03-16&editionname=oxygen

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CAVEAT: “I have a cruel sense of humor and keep writing such articles. Some readers take it seriously. THIS IS A SARCASTIC ARTICLE. DO NOT TRY IT OUT. PLEASE” This fantastic career option that I am talking about is making a career as a Forex Trader. Why before you make that move you could even […]

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It is generally believed that all the MBAs that you recruit come with great communication skills – but may lack in depth knowledge. Experience has taught me one thing. You cannot draw conclusions based on one or two students or colleagues. To draw a conclusion, you need a huge, huge database across genders, medium of […]

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