Normally resolutions are made at the beginning of the year or on a birthday…however here are some resolutions that an investor can take / do any time: 1. I promise to reduce mutual fund costs: If you are in a diversified mutual fund which charges 2.5% (max) shift to some scheme which charges less (say […]

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Regulators have a terrific ability to speak the language of the most dominant player. Have you observed that? When Hdfc Standard Life Insurance came out with ‘riders’ – fairly obviously some riders were priced more than the death main clause (will not go into the reasons here). This meant you could take a ‘Term life […]

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Though I do not claim to help in reducing investor ignorance or awakening the investor…somewhere I guess it must be happening. Other blog writers like Ranjan Verma, Deepak Shenoy, and Manish Chauhan are all people with whom I have had conversations from time to time, and frankly there seems to be no ‘business model’ in […]

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There have been some emails and questions that people ask. Since many people ask me similar or same questions, I thought a post would be appropriate: 1. Why do you not do a review of the personal finance programs that appear on television? Answer: Am incompetent to do so. I have no clue what is […]

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For the true blue speculator one more product is available – the Currency Derivatives. All brokerage houses now provide you with this new product – and is available with just a few clicks. So if you do not know anything about $, Euro, Pound, Jap Yen, ….you are still welcome to deal in EURINR (Euro […]

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There is an alphabetic soup in the financial qualifications – and there are many animals out there. Most first time investors (and some veterans too) are legitimately confused about their role so here is a lesson 101: Financial planner: supposed to know everything about you PERSONALLY so actually called ‘personal financial planner’ who helps you […]

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Dear Mr. Subra I am writing this to you – but please do not disclose my name and email id – many of my clients read your blog. The ratio of articles that you write against the adviser is quite a lot, but you also write some articles favoring them. Hence I decided to write […]

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