Most people I know spend less than what they earn! I wish I could say ALL people I know spend less than what they earn…well they do not. Why do I keep harping on income and expenditure, because it is not easy for many people to comprehend. Let me see how simple I can make […]
It is very difficult to understand product pricing in Mumbai. One doctor in a Mumbai suburb recently sold off his practice – well he actually sold off his shop. It is not a very big shop…and now an ice-cream parlor has been set up there. Got chatting….with a couple of friends and found that the […]
Long ago – in 2008 SEBI said that you could lend your stocks – made a lot of sense. If you are a promoter or a long only retail investor you could give your shares on ‘rent’ and earn some money. As usual the path to hell is paved with good intentions and SEBI did […]
In one of the newspapers Sandeep Shanbag was lamenting about very few Indians paying tax. This is perhaps true from the records. However whenever I eat on the footpath (rarely, but it happens) I speak to the vendors about their income, their savings, and even their investments. One thing that comes out is that the […]
The more I meet ‘investors’ (they think they are investors) who seek alpha (like my friend SS says – since they do not keep accounts they do not know) and some who even claim that they get alpha….here is a list of shares that I destroyed yesterday: Computer Point, Chokani International, Chimique Laboratories, Svadeshi Mills […]
On one side Mr. Swarup says financial products should become cheaper. He also says that the customer should pay for the advisor’s services. This is a great move the person who is getting the services can choose how much to pay. However the IRDA has one funny (weird) condition in its armory. There is something […]
Stash away that bonus! If you belong to that class of employees who gets a bonus at Diwali time, lucky you! Today you would be sitting on that bonus in your hand and the whole family would have a claim on that. Who are the claimants on this bonus? Lots in fact! Thanks to the […]