One of the ways of getting financial information – and information about financial products could be the blog. Blogs are thought to be unbiased, but given the force of PR agencies and SEOs influencing blogs and the way people search…blogs may not be such a great souce. Competence among blogs is another major issue. The […]
When you went to redeem your units did you get a feeling that they were trying to stall your redemption? 3 mails which I had received made me sit up and think. Is there a pattern, I am not sure. However even when i have attempted redemption I have got the following reactions: – You […]
I have written a lot of obituaries for the Indian mutual fund industry….let us see what an American Investor pays for investing in a mutual fund. Most American investors go through a Broker-Dealer or a financial planner who acts as a B-D. Forget the myth of a fee-based financial planner – he is as difficult […]
Well this is not a ‘how to guide’ – just a talk that I had with a ‘turn around’ specialist. I met him at a social function and what he said was interesting. Hence the blog article. Many of the things he told me were intuitive. So I will not dwell on things like cut […]
Only a person who has slept hungry may be able to appreciate this. While writing about the first incident I get goose pimples – and the incident is etched in my mind like it happened yesterday. It happened in 1988 or 1989, not sure about the year. I will not name the participants as most […]
Have you wondered why compounding works? Because most people who have passed 7th standard ‘think’ they understand compounding, but many do not. In July, 2006 I had done an article for rediff.com ‘How to become Rich with just Rs. 100″. I have no clue as to how many people read this article – it is […]
This is an old idea – many people have said it. Particularly Peter Lynch has said this many times – buy things you are familiar with, what you cannot describe in a picture is not worth buying, etc. There is of course a lot of justification to own shares like Gillette, Colgate, Hindustan Unilever, ITC, […]