Mostly people look for capital gains. Not sure why …maybe it is the media effect or friends effect.. Sadly not enough data is available in India about the returns – even company websites do not have the details. For e.g. I cannot know how my shares have fared if I bought Wipro in 1980 for […]
What should one look for in an advisor-distributor or what the Americans call broker-dealer? Well let us look at what one should be careful if a distributor is a person whom you do not know? 1. Do some kind of a back ground check if he approaches you. 2. If he has been recommended by […]
It is funny how many people want to get returns far (the operating word is far) greater than the index! Over a 54 year period my father has got a return greater than 14% p.a. in Hindalco. This is not good, it is great. The two important things are ‘r’ the rate of return and […]
Due to public demand I launched my Financial Planning service on 1st April, 2011 and the response was just fantastic! The first client was a Vice President of the R Group (he told me that there are 3000 people like him, but I think he was exaggerating). Client: Subra will you do F P for […]
Having been in the financial services industry for a long time has its advantages and disadvantages. The advantages are you know many people. In fact too many people. So when a product is launched or being launched you get a sneak preview. I had got a sneak preview of the NPS’s rates. Looked too good […]
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