Moodys downgraded one tranche of SBI’s borrowing…but the Indian Media has downgraded SBI!! Amazing what lack of training can do. One small tranche of US $ 400 million borrowing has been downgraded by Moodys (which can do no wrong, because Warren Buffet is a shareholder) to D. However, rest assured this is surely a cheap […]
If I do a quick analysis of my portfolio, I have made money largely from companies very high on compliance. The groups are Tata, Murugappa, Sundaram, Birla, Hdfc, Multinational companies. Not sure whether clubbing Multinational companies in one group makes sense – largely it is the American companies which have shared their prosperity with their […]
Try being a senior citizen in this country! Just day to day living is made tough by the service provider. Make no mistake when I saw the ARPU for airtel going up, I was happy – I am a shareholder and my latest buy was at 276! So in this bad market it is making […]
Last week I was talking to two CXOs of life insurance companies. They had similar problems – but not really the same one. One CXO was still opening branches for selling life insurance – this kind of surprised me. As he was on the sales side, he was saying that the ‘training’ is too long. […]
I was not sure whether to call these investment myths or investment myths, so decided to call them middle class myths! 1. LIC is a good investment: Most (if not all) bought LIC’s products as a method to defer or save Income tax. They did not think of life cover, returns, or anything else. In […]
Let me start with the caveats. I am a shareholder of L&T, and have been a shareholder for a very long period. I did my articles in Sharp and Tannan, which means I have done the audit of L&T. It was a great audit to be in – you got good food, good work, lot […]
‘Life insurance is a solicitation business…..’ well no comments! Now Hari Narayan wants the agency channel to close down and only the bancassurance business to survive. Completely from my portfolio point of view, I am very happy. Banks are in a great position to know what you do with your money – and they have […]