Sorry, but recently the complete NON understanding of statistics by the media has happened too many times… When Mary Kom was playing her opponent the commentators kept saying ‘Mary Kom has not lost to the same opponent twice’. On Sunday, 26th August, 2012, when India played Australia in the Under 19 World cup, the commentators […]
There are a few words which when a financial planner says looks cool. If my planner said them to me, I would look for a new planner! What are the words? 1. I will give clear, and UNBIASED advice! After 30 years in the trenches of the financial services industry I have not been able […]
to all Sindhi readers all over the world. I know Sindhis in Australia, Greece, Hongkong, China, Indonesia, Phillipines, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, India, Dubai, UK, USA, Paris, Kuwait, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Muscat, Germany,..OMG these guys are all over…and I am sure I am missing some of the African and South American countries… not sure if I […]
1971: first overseas victory in West Indies and England. Images of Chandra taking those wickets. Ajit Wadekar the captain…. 1983: India, rank outsiders, win the World Cup. Beating the mighty West Indies led by Clive Lloyd. Kapil Dev the captain 1985: India win the Bensen and Hedges Cup in Australia. India going in as favorites, […]
Ok the jury is still out on this. Once the Pound was the main currency of world trade, then it slipped. It took a couple of world wars, a depression, huge geo-political changes – big parts of the world shifted out of the Pound’s control…and the dollar became the King. However it was not easy […]
A few days back there was a post saying why you should buy gold. Of course there could be enough reasons to sell gold. I could not think of many more reasons, here are a few: 1. It is a contrarian call – when every body is buying, maybe selling makes sense (oops you could […]
Most financial planners and personal portfolio managers are questioning their basic assumption of asset allocation. In the year 2008 asset allocation failed. This of course is their conclusion based on a set of data. Data is accurate but the conclusion seems to be a little flawed. In the years from 2002 to 2007 (when Mr. […]