Here is a mail from a reader…I thought readers / fans of planners / etc. should respond. Would love a response from Babar Zaidi, Ritu Kant Ojha, Anirrudha, Kamya Jaiswal, Debashis Basu, Khyati Dharamsi, Deepa Venkatraghvan, …other CFPs, ….all others welcome. I personally do not understand how personal financial planners work (well to a great […]
Amazing how people who do not know anything about debt, equity, mutual funds, risk, real estate, …suddenly turn advisers. No this is not about somebody selling life insurance and mutual fund products, but inside the family ‘advisers’ ever willing to help! They just wait for some ‘helpless’ person and start giving advise. Let us look […]
Caller: Mr. Subra I am happy you have taken my call…I am 73 years of age and have about 98% of my net worth in equity.. Me: My GOD! Sir I am aghast ..how can you have all your net worth in equities alone..it is too risky do you not know? Caller: Sir I did […]
There are some loose cannon balls out there at the regulators place who are hell bent on letting blood flow… The mutual fund industry in India was anyway a top 8 cities, institutional phenomena. However the retail portion was serviced by a huge army of advisers and employees of AMCs. You should meet the Indian […]
It is today easy for a person to get a visiting card with a qualification that sounds very good. Let us see if you can pick which one is a degree got with some effort and what is got gratis: Certified Financial Analyst, Certified Public Accountant, Chartered financial analyst, Certified Financial analyst, Certified Financial Consultant, […]
Dear Sir, I have just retired. I do not have any pension and have got my provident fund settlement from company of Rs. 25 lakhs. I would like to invest it in a safe, risk-free instruments and also get good returns. Pooja Jayaraman Typical Media answer: This is your life time saving, and you are […]
With the zero load in mutual funds it is perhaps not too wrong to expect that many fund advisors will get out of this business. I am not sure whether this is a correct assumptions but it is a logical one. Will it really happen? Let us see. There will be many people in the […]