This may sound very simple, but then simple things which we think are common sense need to be told…right? So what are the 4 crucial factors that determine your retirement corpus amount? Well if you do not know, here are the 4 factors: 1. How much you invest: Many people think that they know […]
It was really long ago when I met Mr. Ramesh Chauhan, the erstwhile owner of Thums Up, Limca and Gold Spot. It was some time in the early 1990s that this deal happened. I was asked to do a valuation of the brand – and well, I did it. The final selling price was very […]
The perennial search for quick money takes us through lot of unknown routes. It takes a lot of hard work, luck, government lobbying, team building – to create companies like Tata Steel, Hdfc, TCS, Infosys, Reliance, Honda Motors. It takes years, if not decades to create good companies too! However a few people feel (and […]
Sir I have Rs. 100,000 to invest, what should I do? Want to invest for 7 years… Answer: In such turbulent times you should not invest in an equity scheme. So please invest this money in a clutch of balanced fund – Franklin Templeton Balanced fund, Reliance..fund (do not remember which), Hdfc Prudence fund, and […]
What is happening in the mutual fund industry? Well it is a little funny. Most of the fund houses are not getting any money in their equity schemes. A few schemes which are doing well are able to get some money – which is customer driven. A 15 month SIP in a good scheme would […]
Too many blogs, too many columns, too many writers. Very little actionable ideas. Too many theories. Too much of cut paste. Let us look at one of them today. It is not the timing, but the time spent in the market that is important. Is it true? Yes of course. Is it true always and […]
If you read the mails that IFA associations get from their members – IFA galaxy’s Alagappan, or other independent financial advisors – it is quite disturbing. Just today itself there are complaints against 2 reputed fund houses – DSP and Hdfc for errors (and he goes on to say that it takes a long time […]