Sorry Minister it is a Systemic Failure! If you have seen 3 scams (big ones) and bribing (rampant) bribing in PSU banks all your life, this so called scam should not come as a shock (or surprise) at all. Once in a while such transactions erupt and the news channels have something to scream about. […]
http://www.subramoney.com/finance-for-non-finance-people-workshop/ Fee based Investment counseling is the cure to all problems, so say the Learned Men. They ought to be correct, because all channels are also saying it. Now I met a ‘Good Intentions’ – we will only do what is good for the client financial planning company. They wanted their ‘planners’ to be able […]
One of the best sales men I know told me “You must watch Rocket Singh” – to me this is not a great advise – my movie watching is very, very little if at all. However I did watch Rocket Singh. I now feel all my ‘friends’ who are not in the sales profession […]
Well for all those people who thought that 2008 is long past us should wake up. The world economy is not picture perfect as yet, and we are still in tough times – but it may look smooth. After all the world is also seeing this kind of turmoil for the first time. The Pre […]
Why should I hold cash? A very good question which many people keep asking. It is true of individuals, corporations and funds. Well cash is held for 3 main purposes (any Economics tutorial 101 will tell you this): 1. Transactions Motive – to do transactions 2. Precautionary Motive – just in case I need something. […]
About 4 years ago I was offerred the job of an Internal Auditor in a leading life insurance company. I did not seriously consider that option because I realised that the role would be that of a faithful dog. You had to stand in front of the Board and say things are just fine. It […]