Well this is not an article on Exchange Traded funds, but there is a link at the bottom which will take you an ETF article. The financial services industry (like all other industries) is very smart. Highly qualified people – from CPAs, CAs. CFAs, engineers, PhDs…..have to be kept intellectually occupied and financially happy. To […]

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Here is a rejoinder from a FP…he/she does not want to be named. Subra read your blog, it is good…really good and sums up the situation. Let us look at it from the planner’s point of view. The client does not respect the planner enough (your argument that respect has to be earned is well […]

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Well none of us know what next…but let us look at the crystal ball: – we all knew that there were scams. Some have come out, many have not yet. – a scam eruption HAS to by definition bring the markets down – as an acknowledgment of the eruption. – markets could remain low / […]

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The frankest answer is I do not know. However I do train lots and lots of people so the easiest thing is to pick a phone number and give it to you. Or even worse put a few numbers on my blog / site. Well I do none of these..instead here are some suggestions (some […]

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Either I am being very touchy about ULIPs or Endowment plans in general or too many pro-ulip articles are appearing in the print media also. The big worry about using numbers in an example is to know enough about statistics – mean, median, mode, standard deviation and NOISE. Noise is the distortion that is caused […]

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True or False: Regulators are appointed to: a) protect the customers b) protect the manufacturers c) regulate and develop the industry d) to speak the language of the strongest manufacturer and help the well established ones. Zero marks to people who chose a, b or c. Let us take the Insurance Regulator’s role. EXAMPLE ONE […]

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However is a good list of resolutions that you can make – it is really useful if you made it already, just reiterate it, and follow it! So here it goes 1.    I will write down my financial goals – NOW, IMMEDIATELY. 2. I will convert a big portion of my savings into investments – […]

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