If we are all so sure that there will be volatility in the world, we should all be buying gold, correct? Yes of course… So just go and buy it…why the delay? Well you may not have money to buy gold. Now a simple solution exists, leverage. After all we leverage to buy real […]

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As soon as a bomb goes off…you hear the same news and views. We have 33 channels and one news..so you see the same faces and the same dialogues. People who deal with the police forces realise that the police force is nowhere near competent to solve the attacks. Forget stopping the new ones – […]

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I am not saying whether there is a slowdown or not. Nor am I saying whether this author is right or wrong. Read the article…please translate the %ages to numbers, compare it to the past, and tell me whether the headlines and the body are in consonance. If not, tell me. If yes, tell me…..thanks […]

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I liked what Prashant Jain said in his newsletter and liked it a lot. It is a fantastic sales spiel that all equity salesmen can use. It also reminds me of what an editor of a leading Indian magazine once told me -‘Subra I have decided to do the story, now do not confuse me […]

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I have never claimed that I can predict well. However having been a broker and having dealt with bankers, I made two predictions – both went wrong. 1. When the Standard Chartered IDR was lapped up by the Indian population, I had predicted on this blog and said ‘now there will be a spate of  […]

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I hate giving tips…and hate people asking for tips. When a person who does not know me from adam sends a mail saying “I have L&T bought at 1485…what should I do now?”.  Sorry, I can only delete the mail. I need to know a person before I can recommend anything to him or her. […]

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