A few days back I wrote a piece saying the “The future of the mutual fund industry is very B…”. Now you could interpret this B as bleak or bright! I have already written about the bright part, now let me write a little about the bleak part. So here it is…. Since August, 2009 […]
If you had invested Rs. 10,000 in Wipro and kept all the shares with yourself, and spent all the dividends, your portfolio would be worth Rs. 300 crores (ok it does not matter whether it is 100, 200 or 300 crores) – it is just a gigantic figure! If you had invested in Reliance, Hdfc, […]
In one of those financial planning classes somebody asked me this question. It is quite an easy question to answer, but a difficult answer to understand. For different people it means different things. If you wish to own a Mercedes having a spare Rs. 80 lakhs to buy and Rs. 50,000 per month to spend […]
Now that entry loads have been abolished the media will want to don the role of an investment advisor. Not that it is bad for the media, it is disastarous for the investor. This column will try to demolish some of the media perpetuated myths. Today let us look at the top most media myth. […]
This article appeared in moneycontrol.com long back (cicrca 2006)…but it is still relevant, so here it is…. Immaterial of whether you are in your 20’s or in your 50’s and you are looking at an investment you should know some of the basics of investing, so here it is. By and large at some stage […]
How can a Doc retire early? Docs start earning quite late in life – at least the big bucks come at a late stage. So is it really possible for a Doc to retire early? It really looks difficult. Docs unless they are super specialized and have created some kind of aura about their capabilities […]
Continuing the mutual fund tutorial, for whom is a mutual fund suitable? Well it is suitable for people who do not have ALL THE THREE : Time Lots of money Skills of stock picking, portfolio construction and fund management skills. Then you go for mutual funds. Mutual funds give you the following advantages: Portfolio diversification […]