Financial Planning for a well qualified, salaried individual is fairly simple. If he does not jump around too much – has one/ two kids, buys a house, car, pays for an occasional holiday for his parents….then just do a couple of SIPs, take a term insurance, and well life is done. However, if you have […]
Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, aka tiger the immaculately dressed Englishman in Indian skin breathed his last. He listened to another Englishman who said – the age to die is ‘3 score and 10’. Well Tiger lived to the age of 70. Like in life, so in death, he was perfect. I saw him on a […]
Those of whom who watched Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) would have seen a guy coming from a Rs. 1 crore prize money to Rs. 3.2 lakhs in a jiffy! It is an amazing story of luck vs. skill. I keep telling this to my class – if you are standing in the Melbourne pitch with […]
Mark Mobius the famous fund manager (incidentally he runs the most disciplined scheme ever in India – Templeton India growth fund, the only fund in India that has been ALWAYS true to label) says the next ‘Dubai’ could be in Mumbai or Shanghai. One kid in our office excitedly rushed to me (working on the […]
Recently a friend passed on an article by Ajit Dayal – Evolution of the barber – or something like that. To summarise the article Ajit had said when he was young he went to a barber he said “chop it off” and the job was done. However today the barber tries to sell you gel, […]
An investment show is being held in Mumbai, Worli. Here are the details: Name of the show: India Investment Show To be held on: June 6-7, 2009 at Nehru Centre, Mumbai. Entry fee: NIL Like every year, we are putting together an exciting show for you. Register by visiting http://equityshow.myiris.com. The show kicks off on […]
A few days ago I had spoken about the ‘Honest truth’ – Ajit Dayal (who runs a mutual fund and a big mutual fund distribution business) is the author. He has recently written about the ET discussion on mutual funds. He sounds a little sore about not being called to the summit. Surprising, because the […]