Arjun Parthasarthy – i think used to be a debt fund manager with IDFC mutual fund, and I have spoken to him a couple of times, long long ago. Now he runs a website www.arjunparthasarthy.com – I have not yet visited the site, but I found an article in DNA money authored by him. In […]

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what do you do when you get such comments / emails…? ‘Do not believe what these experts tell you. See the returns in the equity markets in the past 10 months even on an SIP basis is NEGATIVE. Do not invest in equity markets. Keep all your money in banks ONLY…at least your money will […]

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Last week I spent some time with a friend evaluating his portfolio. Like many of my friends he had started his SIPs about 10-12 years ago and had done well in his investing, simply by being disciplined, not arguing too much and letting the compounding go on! However, his wife did not know too much […]

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  One of the girls who read my book….has sent this note….I have masked her name….obviously do not want her name to show up in a Google search!! Name:  hidden           Age: 23 (born 1987)         Profession: Service / Banker 1. At what age do you plan to retire? Have you started saving for retirement? I plan […]

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The mutual fund industry is going through a lot of crisis. New money is not coming in, people from other industries are not too keen to join the industry, aum is falling. Of the new money that is coming, it is clear that the older and bigger funds are doing well, but the smaller ones […]

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“So who still believes markets don’t work? Apparently it is only the North Koreans, the Cubans and the active managers.” — Rex Sinquefield, co-founder and board member Dimensional Fund Advisors Obviously what Rex means is that if you believe in equity markets you just need to be in the Index and fund managers do not […]

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Seen some fantastic stories on the mutual fund industry. There is only one problem, you cannot drill down from the story…if you do that, you will quickly find ‘page not found’. See some typical terminology ‘There is rampant mis-selling in the mutual fund industry – and this should stop’. So out of sheer curiosity you […]

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