Many of you would have heard of the story of a camel which came to a man in the desert and said ‘Can I keep just my face inside the tent…it is very cold outside’. As you can guess, slowly the camel was in and the man was out. In a similar story the mutual […]
There is mis-selling in mutual funds. True or False? Frankly I do not know what is mis-selling so I cannot comment. This is what a rational person is supposed to say. But our powerful mandarins say yes, yes…we will legislate against it. Will the SEBI please stand up and come out with a white paper […]
Amazing how Sebi even under Mr. Sinha is trying to increase costs for the Mutual fund industry’s investor… there is no doubt that the mutual fund industry is suffering from the after effects of Mr. Bhave and Don Quixote. However when Mr. Sinha came the industry was (perhaps) hoping for some relief. Well what has […]
Well way back in the year 2001, we were a group of people who attended a mutual fund training program. Here we were taught some very important things. One of them was “Who can invest in a mutual fund” ….Uma Shashikant gave us this answer: Now let us see who all can invest in […]
We all know who writes columns of lies, lies and honest lies, so here is a dig… Look at the Quantum Mutual fund advertisements which appeared in the national press. The advertisement says “we have eliminated distribution commission…” so your money works for you. There are 2 types of charges that a customer pays in […]
Are there too many schemes in the mutual fund industry? Well it can be argued till the cows come home. Value fund, growth fund, large cap, mid cap, mid and small cap, large cap value, mid cap value, large cap growth, opportunities fund, special situations, price-earning ratio fund, equity biased balanced fund, debt heavy balanced […]
A few days ago I had done ..a post called Investment lies that you have been told. Was not sure whether I could find enough..but here is a second set..I think it can go on for a few days. Would love it if people told me WHY I think it is a lie..some of them […]