Here is a story …said in a very spiritual context. It is just as applicable to us as ‘fund managers’, ‘relationship managers’, ‘ifas’ or…what have you. When the markets do well, we keep saying ” I got the client 43% returns” if you are such a genius why is your portfolio in the Red this […]
about 10 days back did a program on Utvi on behavioural finance…here is the transcript. http://www.utvi.com/personalfinance/financial-investment-india/15714/investing-sans-emotion.html# – is where the original is, for the others, here it is being reproduced! Investing sans emotion UTVi News Desk Published on Dec 18, 2008 MUMBAI: Leaving emotions out of your financial decisions is tough. After all, it’s about […]
Recession, slow down, pessimism about the Indian economy (of course because of the recession in the U.S. economy) are words that become common place in local lingo! Everybody and his aunty is now convinced that the Sensex will touch 5000 very soon, and the last place to be investing now is the equity markets. […]
this article appeared in reuters india’s personal financial page…. If my students do not ask “When will the market touch 21000 again?”, I ask them the same question. The most optimistic answer I have got is 6 months and the most pessimistic answer I have got is 2 years. Very clearly short term memory is […]
This article appeared in reuters.in – in their personal finance page under my name…. Organise your finances! The greatest advantage a person has if he calls me is he gets a chance to fill up a 20 page questionnaire. It contains questions from name, gender, marital status, employment, whom he supports, etc. It surely helps […]
So, What are the Ten Roads? More importantly, what will work for you? 1. Start a successful business—the richest road! Sure you can become a Bill Gates or a Azim Premji. However even if you do not become so successful you may still be able to make a couple of crores – not bad. This […]
A few days back you saw the posting of a kid girl who had spoken about her financial life – and how a mess was created. So here is the solution to the problem. Before I start, let me be clear that this write-up is not a plug for sympathy! I am just intending to […]