There are so many people today masquerading as financial planners, financial trainers, financial experts on media…I was amused when I heard the statement ‘Equity markets give good average returns’. If you ask me this is brilliant but useless advice! Why? Because to understand equity markets you need to understand Arithmetic Mean, Geometric Mean, Standard Deviation, […]
For most people a job is a means of earning money. Correct? No. Wrong. Completely wrong. For just too many people it is a social need to going to the office to do some work. This is completely true for the male population and partially true for the female population. Now if you have no […]
There is a trend that is visible and scary. Many people think that websites, magazines, blogs (including this) can substitute for actual work. Let me explain. Rakesh Jhunjhuwala and Vallabh Bhansali are the more famous names so I am naming them. Both are Chartered Accountants – Vallabh a rank holder at that. Both put in […]
Yesterday (24 Feb 2010) belonged to the world’s most worshipped cricket player ever to have walked the earth. Welcome to the world of Sachin Tendulkar. He displayed a Master class in cricket – and a CD of his best innings with a voice over from Ian Chappell, Viv Richards, Sunil Gavaskar, Ravi Shastri and Rahul […]
If you have wondered how the ultra-rich manage their money, welcome to the world of Family offices! Family offices are private advisory firms that serve ultra-rich clients. When a client has a large amount of money to be managed and needs a full fledged infrastructure to do that – a banker, a Chartered Accountant to […]
Do numbers lie? Or is it that liars use numbers to lie? Mutual funds are assessed on the basis of their past performance. So the best fund in the last 3 years is likely to be the best fund in the next 3 years – after all we know history repeats itself! Let us take […]
Whenever I meet clients who are new to investing I can make out who has been their adviser for their earlier investments. It could be a cousin, neighbor, or a banker. They leave a lot of trail. The greatest thing that they do is emphasize on recent history. Though we all know that today was […]