Completely unconnected to the downgrade of USA by S&P, Mr. Deven Sharma stepped down as President of the rating company… Of course, USA is a meritocracy so it is not possible that White House would have made that fatal call..for the end of the tenure of Mr. Sharma… USA is not India…it is a free […]
I recently wrote a piece on ‘Make your own financial plan’ – this appeared on yahoo finance and some of you may have read it. What is amazing is the response that I have got for the same. Largely saying the following: – future is uncertain, SO DO NOT PLAN. – equity markets are too […]
Well Anna Hazare is a tough nut to crack…and we have seen that: Manish the great spokesperson of Congress says: Anna should stand for an election if he wants to do something for democracy, OR HE IS ANTI democracy. I will let my brilliant readers decide between Manish, Kapil Sibal, PC and Amika Soni on […]
Sir I have read your blog…I like it. Me: Thank you He: Sir, are you a Chartered Accountant? Me: Yes sir.. He: Will you file my Income tax Return? Me: No sir, i do not do that work… He: What work do you do? Me: Regarding investments.. He: Arre, will you manage my portfolio…I bought […]
Yesterday a few people were screaming on Times Now….volume was down – I was watching cricket – so just saw a glimpse. I recognised Kiran Bedi..none of the others. It looks like Indians are losing patience with the government – and the government is not bothered. Be it the arrogance of Kapi Sibal, Pranab Mukherjee, […]
Well this is not about Animal farm. It is about the state of the life insurance industry in India. Let us see the imaginary conversation between the LIC and Ministry of Finance. LIC: Good morning sir. Here is a cheque for the IPO Government Nonsense Ltd.’s public issue for Rs. 8000 crores. I hope the […]
From the recent events in India and seeing the honors list of Tihar jail I guess Chartered Accountants, Cost Accountants and Company Secretaries must have been alerted…I hope! I guess it is time for professionals to be careful – if not very careful and understand some of the risks… I guess it is time they […]