Yesterday I had posted a link to Deepak’s blog showing how sensex EPS projection is at best a futile exercise…. well today I am posting a link to how ‘big bang’ retail can create problems, stories, etc. to make a case for itself. Take the case of Gillette – once upon a time (say 125+ […]

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an article urging people to start saving…even if it is only Rs. 40 a day… make a start, and you can become a lakhpati – that is what the article says. Of course they could have said crorepati..but this is what they have said. The response from Lokmat is that many people wanted to buy […]

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Tuesday did a session at the MoneyLife office at Shivaji Park….’It is not your income, but your wealth that counts’ . Like everybody, I like to see my pictures – which Moneylife has put up on its website..so please look at it (it will do My ego a lot of good, i think, I do […]

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Doing a session emphasizing that your income does not matter, it is your wealth that is important. Doing a chotta session at MoneyLife foundation at their office at Shivaji Park….for more details check out the Moneylife link… http://www.moneylife.in/

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The CWG was held in India from 3rd October. It is a big and prestigious event in which many things had gone wrong. However the way the media is screaming its lungs about how everything is wrong in India and everything is right all over the world is a little (or a lot) sickening. I […]

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Many companies are becoming like the film industry. Too much of the people costs are towards the ‘star’ – which leaves very little budget for other costs. Take a movie like Paa. It could NEVER have made money if Amitabh and Abhishek were to be paid market rates. However since it was a family made […]

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It is quite amazing to see how far away most of the media people are regarding the reality – especially in financial planning. Yesterday while flipping channels..i saw about 2-3 minutes of a program which was ‘discussing’ giving ‘Power of Attorney’. These are the things that I heard: – be careful to whom you are […]

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