All finance company shares are up and in the sky. With p/e ratios in the 30s and even in the 90s. Let us ask ourselves some basic questions. What will really happen if Tata, Birla, LnT, Shriram group, Religare, Indiainfoline and a couple of others do get a banking license? To start off, there will […]
There are many people who write in to say ‘I do not like mutual funds’. Fantastic. What is your choice? Out of about 4000 investors / traders whom I have met over the years not more than 50 are/were capable of beating the index regularly over long periods of time. The statistics is against you […]
 If you are a shareholder who started an asset management company and /or a life insurance company hoping to make money, God bless you! For those of us who are shareholders with the Birla, Hdfc, Tata groups – remember we are all funding the insurance and mutual fund businesses indirectly. Kotak bank, Hdfc ltd, […]
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 […]
For a minute forget what the various parts of the financial services industry is telling you. The profitability of this industry seems to be fantastic. Let us take 4 parts of the industry: a. Banking: Over the years the biggest and the richest fortunes have been made by bankers. No doubt about it. Goldman Sachs, […]
http://www.subramoney.com/personal-financial-planning-workshop Wockhardt and then Emaar had withdrawn their IPOs. Withdrawn was a joke. The public did not buy them, therefore the issue had gone back. What was the learning? Even a rising market nobody, really nobody has any interest in saying that the issue is overpriced and the end customer should not subscribe. A greedy […]
Here is LIC trying to sell a ulip plan for creating wealth. Then Mr. Pranab Mukherjee calls up and says “buy ntpc @ 214” so Lic says..ok sir. Wealth for whom? Govt of India? UNit holder? And what is IRDA doing this. Let us say if such a deal was done by Tata, Birla, Reliance, […]