As a financial planner I do spend a lot of time with 16 year olds working in call centers, media companies, banks and so on. When I am with them and discussing their problems, the one question that often comes to my mind is, “If these guys cannot make their monthly salary stretch one month, […]

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I had got Amar Pandit’s book for Children. Here is my daughter’s understanding of the book. She is in 4th standard, Apeejay School, Nerul, Navi Mumbai..here it is in her own words. I had posted a part of the article earlier too..this is the full one.. Recently my father got a copy of a book […]

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Many many and many more people have asked me this question. Why do I not teach at Business Schools? Well let me enumerate the reasons – not even hinting that there are no more reasons! 1. Colleges do not pay well: In Mumbai the kind of money one gets for teaching is so low that […]

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So today the market went up by 400 points – many financial services companies went up by a huge number. Hdfc which was Rs. 3000 pre-split opened at Rs. 610…now it is at Rs. 655. So as is wont….you ask…and they say ‘The financial services industry is booming’. If you have been in the industry […]

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If you read the articles on my blog there is malice towards all – if an investor is getting poor returns there is blame to be spread all around. Obviously there is conflict of interest, sales pressures, excessive loads, high fees, charges not being transparent, etc. However one thing the media surely does not want […]

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  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, […]

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We have all been using toothpaste, shampoo, soap, malt drinks, Bournvita, Horlicks, Complan…..even though we may be new to life insurance, pension plans, etc. If you see the pictures on the cover of the items that you buy you see pictures of how much to use. The toothpaste cover shows toothpaste from one end of […]

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