There are many companies which have given fantastic, scorching returns. Microsoft, GE, Berkshire Hathway….are some examples. Berkshire Hathway, well er is a fund..or so you thought. Let me tell you, it is not. Mr. Buffet is a brilliant businessman, fantastic stock picker, (fantastic bargain picker – look at the recent offer to pick good bonds […]
Indiainfoline Investment is coming out with a debenture of 5 years duration – at an attractive rate of 11.9%p.a. The short question is ‘Should you invest in these debentures?’ Well the Shriram group (Chennai based) is coming out with a debenture at a coupon rate of 12.3% p.a. in about a weeks time. So should […]
From the recent events in India and seeing the honors list of Tihar jail I guess Chartered Accountants, Cost Accountants and Company Secretaries must have been alerted…I hope! I guess it is time for professionals to be careful – if not very careful and understand some of the risks… I guess it is time they […]
Hi Mr. Subramanyam, I am regular reader of ur blogs under Subramoney.com and they are really impressive and knowledge enhancer. However I am always of the opinion that in our country small investors are being always taken for a ride by these so called ‘SHARKS”. We always end up saying that one should have ‘Good […]
I know very intelligent people, very close to me, very successful, very humble – and many of them are Sathya Sai Baba bhakts. One thing I have learnt in life is ‘criticising is easy’ but ‘delivering is difficult’. When I have to criticise somebody I look at ‘what would have I done’ and ‘given the […]
A chance to meet many people is a huge, huge advantage of being in sales, training and public speaking. It also helps you interact with people across age groups. Some common characteristics of winners: – Learning continually, and taking every opportunity as a learning opportunity – when they find their boss unreasonable, they double their […]
Let us take a typical Punjabi wedding in north India….there are many people who carry guns and fire in the air. Why the do it does not matter, but they do it. Or let us take the case of a kid who is asking his mother permission to go to a friend’s house – and […]