For most readers of my blog this is an avoidable post. My simple, sincere, honest advice is stay away from options. However there are some die hard borrowers (leverage lovers) for whom options are tempting…and many times fatal. Options are risky is a right statement for investors. However if you are a trader who holds […]

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If you read all my posts you will find that I am not such a big US hater, but yes they have got many things wrong. First of all I find the way of calculating GDP is so bad (all over the world including India) that it sucks. For example if there is a big […]

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The US gives us a feeling of being rich. It reminds me of what Sharad Pawar once said about the Congress (he had just quit Congress about a month ago). S P said “Congress is like the Indian zamindar (landlord)…the zamin(land) is gone, but the zamindari (landlord like behavior) is still there”. Exactly the same […]

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Here is your chance to attain Financial Independence…A book Reading session on ‘Retire Rich: Invest Rs. 40 a day’ by Deepa Venkatraghavan Editor Moneycontrol.com At Season’s Hotel, Aundh, Pune At 10.30 to 12.30 pm on India’s Independence Day (15th August, 2010). Deepa is also the author of ‘What your agent will tell you and you […]

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Here is your chance to attain Financial Independence…A book Reading session on ‘Retire Rich: Invest Rs. 40 a day’ by Deepa Venkatraghavan Editor Moneycontrol.com At Season’s Hotel, Aundh, Pune At 10.30 to 12.30 pm. On 15th August, 2010, India’s Independence Day! Deepa is also the author of ‘What your agent will tell you and you […]

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The Golden Rule of Investing is that the Man with the Gold Makes the Rules of Investing. You have to remember this rule – because this article is about REBATING. Rebating is illegal in India – it means if I ask you to invest in a life insurance policy, general insurance policy or a mutual […]

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So as expected the ULIP bill is passed. I am not sure about my numbers but if the mf sales: ulip sales is 1:300, to even think the MF industry will be called for a meeting sounds funny. The mutual fund industry in India is going through a real hard grind – some partly its […]

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