Last week I was talking to two CXOs of life insurance companies. They had similar problems – but not really the same one. One CXO was still opening branches for selling life insurance – this kind of surprised me. As he was on the sales side, he was saying that the ‘training’ is too long. […]
Thanks to the media everybody now knows about the NPS. At the end of training sessions people do ask…’Is the NPS suitable for me?”. Well that is a difficult question to answer. Let me tell you for whom NPS is not suitable at all! If you are young: If you are below the age of […]
This is an old joke – and you will find it on the net… Albert Einstein went to heaven and God introduced him to 3 people. AE asked the first person ‘What is your IQ?’ he replied – 190 sir! AE said ‘we can discuss my physics theories’..he asked the second person the same question..the […]
What is a Systematic Investment Plan (SIP)? An SIP is simply; a method of investing a fixed sum, regularly, in a mutual fund. It is very similar to regular saving schemes like a recurring deposit. An SIP allows you to buy units on a given date each month, so you can implement an investment / […]
One of the stupidest things I have seen people do while creating wealth is interrupting the compounding. When a person invests in mutual funds, unit linked policies, national savings certificate, ppf, direct equity, …et al it is fairly obvious that they will break something. Now if you suddenly need Rs. 2-3 lakhs from a portfolio […]
Is the market going to go up or go down? Well we all have tackled this question in many ways..here is one more! One ‘Wealth Manager’ came to me recently with a PMS scheme which gives me a 12% assured return (over 3.25 years not annually) – and this fund will invest in a mix […]
When boys are young they are asked – When will you become a man? Sadly people think becoming a ‘Man’ is attaining a particular age. If that is so then all boys will become men. I think attaining maturity is the sign of a boy becoming a man. Here is a story of 3 young […]