I am sure you are all dying to hear what is this word…..well the word is NO. Nahi chahiye. Nyet. Nein. Vendam. Nako. Nathi Jothu. Do not want….. the single word is NO. When I was reading an article recently I saw an article with similar headlines…it was an article in Newsweek and it said […]

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Sometime in 2007-8 the BSE decided to use something called corpfiling to get the information from the public. This replaced the earlier method of collecting information. When a company conducts a board meeting or discusses its quarterly results…it is necessary to tell the stock exchanges and the regulator what was the outcome of the meeting. […]

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Though all of us love money, we are equal in our hatred for accounts! So we want the money, but not the headache of maintaining accounts, correct? Well if you wish to measure your success and are still using money as the medium to measure it, think again. What your kids think of you, what […]

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  Many people ask me- will I be able to do financial planning myself? My answer is sure, but if you are a student of financial planning or the head of research in a pharmaceutical company trying to do your own financial planning, you need to know the following things before you start.  Just check […]

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Not sure why..but too many kids who meet me (their parents ask them to talk to me, gutsy parents!) tell me ‘I do not want to do CA, sir’. The reasons are: – it is too tough, and the pass percentage is low – compulsory articles for 3 years is too taxing – attending college, […]

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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. […]

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So many people are asking me: Is it a good time to buy shares? Is L&T a good buy….it has fallen by Rs. 400? Is it time to put money in the Nifty? Should I average my Reliance Industries – I had bought it at Rs. 1200! Should I buy Suzlon..I had bought it at […]

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