When the 3 auto majors seeking publice money came to washington – they obviously came by their own private jets. It seems true that the senior executives of companies have forgotten to fly commercial. Of course it can also be justified that they travelled with their entourage of secretary, assistant, …etc. and it was cheaper […]
Again for a Saturday……to quote Busybee…here is a nice story… The biggest problem for people with small amounts of capital is that they may not be liquid long enough to hold on to their conviction. If for example you feel the salaries of the unorganised sector, the organised sector and the financial services sector should […]
If you handle money, if you need money, if you borrow money, if you lend money, if you invest, if you support a family, if you are a NON finance person – you still have to learn about money. We do seminars on Finance – both business and personal finance. We are planning to […]
Once upon a time a King was walking through his kingdom and he found a farmer. He asked the farmer what he does for a living. The farmer told him about his crops. Then the King asked him about his earning and saving habits. The farmer said out of a rupee I earn I […]
There are many myths in investment management …let us break some of them: Buy low and sell high: Such a simple statement to make, and impossible to do in real life. Buy cheap and sell dear. People would like to think this is easy to do, but remember whether a share is high or low […]
Now that the Pay commission recommendation has been accepted, inflation gets a nice leg up :). Now you can see inflation at 12.5% this week and perhaps at 13% the next week. This will increase the interest expectation of the people and therefore the reluctance of people to participate in RBI auctions. Thus if you […]
When it comes to analysing corporate performance, individual investors are surely at a disadvantage. You will find it difficult to know how many cars Tata Motors will make in 2009, how many hotel rooms Indian Hotels will be able to sell in Europe, etc. However the “international” fund manager has access to all this and […]