Guru Purnima or Poornima is a very important day for all of us…because we are all students all our life. In fact the people I know who do not grow old are people who keep finding new things to do…so keep learning! One amazing Guru story is attributed to Jagadguru Shankaracharya of Kanchi. One journalist […]

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In such a volatile market the small investor needs protection. I can safely start a speech with this statement immaterial of the forum at which I am speaking. I will get a lot of applauses for this universally true statement. Let us now see what it means. One it is a Mother Hood statement and […]

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When I was talking to a regulator,  he asked me “How come ULIPs (Unit linked insurance plans) charge such a high “entry” load? I told him as a distributor I can actually make more money from a customer selling mutual funds than selling ULIPs because of churn and a trail commission that is based on […]

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Mutual funds are an excellent route to create wealth for yourself. However, they do not come cheap. They have some charges. Some visible, some invisible. You need to be aware of the charges, that is all. Let us look at some of the charges: 1. Entry load: this is charged to pay the distributor for […]

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It is customary in film circles to say “i was inspired by Kishore Kumar or S D Burman or …” what have you and then copy their song – either partially or in toto. In fund management too you can copy and the advantage is your money in the bank, is yours. Your money does […]

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