I am planning to do a series of articles on how clients get ripped off, this is the first part. The manufacturer – distributor – client is a very funny relationship. It is a tussle where everyone wants to win (as usual) and who ultimately wins is difficult to know except over a long period […]

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It is today easy for a person to get a visiting card with a qualification that sounds very good. Let us see if you can pick which one is a degree got with some effort and what is got gratis: Certified Financial Analyst, Certified Public Accountant, Chartered financial analyst, Certified Financial analyst, Certified Financial Consultant, […]

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Dear Sir, I have just retired. I do not have any pension and have got my provident fund settlement from company of Rs. 25 lakhs. I would like to invest it in a safe, risk-free instruments and also get good returns. Pooja Jayaraman Typical Media answer: This is your life time saving, and you are […]

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If you read the mails that IFA associations get from their members – IFA galaxy’s Alagappan, or other independent financial advisors – it is quite disturbing. Just today itself there are complaints against 2 reputed fund houses – DSP and Hdfc for errors (and he goes on to say that it takes a long time […]

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The Golden Rule of Investing is that the Man with the Gold Makes the Rules of Investing. You have to remember this rule – because this article is about REBATING. Rebating is illegal in India – it means if I ask you to invest in a life insurance policy, general insurance policy or a mutual […]

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Over the past few years that the mutual fund industry has existed it has not grown as much as people would like you to believe it has. There are about 800 schemes – equity / predominantly equity schemes. If  you sort the folios PANCARD wise, I do not think there are more than 100,000 reasonably […]

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