I know of a friend who is about 45 years old and he has NOBODY in the world. A single child, his father was also a single child. His mother was a rebel who did not keep in touch with anybody at all. Now after his parents death he has nobody at all. It is […]

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  I liked the 3 farmers who came on Satyameva Jayate and said “for my family I grow vegetables and fruits separately. For commercial farming I use pesticides. Products look good, but have a lot of pesticides. Like the CxO of a life insurance company said: “I cannot be investing in Unit Linked Plans’” I […]

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“Mutual funds are no longer profitable”; “It is not worth being in the life insurance business” – you have heard this and variants of this from the ad driven media, right? Well the truth is not very close to this. Let us take the case of Hdfc Mutual fund. Given the huge AUM already under […]

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  If you have a lot of money and can afford many things, life is great – Economics. If you have a lot of choice, it adds stress – Psychology. Walk into a typical wedding I attend, the range of food that is available normally numbs me. One of the weddings had a FULL range […]

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Subra, my money is safe, I bank with a mnc bank. They have fantastic internal systems, audit, well paid and well trained people to look after my money. They have a fantastic ……. Really? And I have dealt with banks, insurance companies, mutual funds, IFAs, ….and I know this is a wishful statement, not true. […]

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We represent the gen born in the 1960s and we know everything. Yes everything. We represent banks, psu undertakings, life insurance companies, mutual funds,…and all the employers in India. Here listen: 1. “We will recruit you and invest in training” – do not believe this. We expect you to hit the market running on Wednesday […]

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