A couple of days back I said there is nothing new to write in personal finance – in my Facebook post. I still stand by it. Seriously there is nothing new that one can write about personal finance which is not already written…However the inefficiency at the execution level – of even well given advice […]
Anupam Kher went to Delhi and said ‘the constitution should be changed’…now the ‘leaders’ of the dalits…decided that he could get some publicity (i refuse to name him). He decided to throw stones at his house…obviously his purpose was served. I still remember a rally in Mumbai (Rajiv Gandhi’s visit)..when one of the ‘blue’ supporters […]
Is the financial service industry doing anything for society? I mean is there a VALUE ADD or is it just getting more and more out of the value adding channel? Not sure? Ask MBA colleges – the financial service industry is a big saviour. Whether it be ICICI, Hdfc, Kotak, Indiainfoline, – all their arms […]
Are the Indian promoters who destroy shareholder wealth the worst in the world? Or are there some who are worse than that? In the American context there were AIG, Citibank, Goldman Sachs, Lehman, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae… or should we talk about the worst environmental disaster by BP? Well well, the list is long is […]
Let us call this basic economics lessons or Economics 101. This is something that all of us who are pretending to be understanding (ok, making an attempt to understand)…should know. Have not read a more humorous column about economics ever http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2010/05/28/economics-explained-in-90-seconds.aspx?source=ifesitlnk0000001&lidx=1
This is an old idea – many people have said it. Particularly Peter Lynch has said this many times – buy things you are familiar with, what you cannot describe in a picture is not worth buying, etc. There is of course a lot of justification to own shares like Gillette, Colgate, Hindustan Unilever, ITC, […]
Manish of Jagoinvestor in a conversation with Puneet one of this readers: Manish: As I told, our intention is to earn money from google ads. That is how the concept of jagoinvestor came. Yes I do make money from ads , but jagoinvestor never took shape that way , ad money is a by product of […]