the title to this post is from The Economist – one of the fine magazines that I make an attempt to read. I normally read it online but a smart lady next to me piles a few copies on her desk, so occasionally I do flick a few issues for a relaxed read. Diversification […]

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Nirmal Jain of Indiainfoline is a sensible businessman who needs to and will do business in India. If you seriously look at his business model, it is the funding operations which is really making money. In the financial services industry, broking, mutual funds, life insurance – NOTHING is profitable. One HFC told me – we […]

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  Yesterday i was watching an episode ‘Crime Patrol’ on Sony TV. I have no clue of the names of the characters, but that does not matter. The story is about a young businessman based in Gujarat…and he thought he was being smart. Sad, as the case is, he was actually getting his family into […]

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Yes you read it right! You are reading www.subramoney.com and you are reading ‘buy real estate’. Well let me explain the context. In many local businesses the location of your place of business is critical for its success. If you are a doctor, run a gym, a hotel, a hair-dressing saloon, bank-ATM, etc. your ‘customers’ […]

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It is lonely at the top…but surely Hdfc will not mind it. Hdfc Mutual fund became the biggest mutual fund and toppled Reliance to reach that position. Hdfc in most businesses is like the proverbial tortoise…Slow and steady, plod, plod….but once you reach there stick to that position! So Congrats Milind Barve and team for […]

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‘Life insurance is a solicitation business…..’ well no comments! Now Hari Narayan wants the agency channel to close down and only the bancassurance business to survive. Completely from my portfolio point of view, I am very happy. Banks are in a great position to know what you do with your money – and they have […]

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No this is not a simple post on the Oracle of investing…but just clearing the air for some people. Who is WB? He is a brilliant investor. There is no doubt that he has created a lot of wealth for his shareholder. Does it make him the greatest. Well we will discuss that later on. […]

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