One professor of a college wrote into a leading personal finance magazine: “I do not agree with you…Equity is not a great investment. The Sensex started in 1978 at a base of 100 and in 2007 reached 20,700. This means 207%. Now this means it has given a CAGR (think compounding!) of 6.9%. We could […]
This article appeared in the inaugural issue of Money Mantra a new Personal Finance Magazine from New Delhi…1st Nov. 2009. Have not reproduced the table in excel. FMCG is suddenly the favorite amongst everybody! Why is this so? Well any fund which clocks 67% return in one year is bound to suddenly attract interest, is […]
I have a brilliant friend who has worked for many big and important media houses. He told me once – when he was heading a magazine – “I have made up my mind, please do not confuse me with the facts!”. This was when he was doing a story on mutual funds and unit linked […]