Seen some fantastic stories on the mutual fund industry. There is only one problem, you cannot drill down from the story…if you do that, you will quickly find ‘page not found’. See some typical terminology ‘There is rampant mis-selling in the mutual fund industry – and this should stop’. So out of sheer curiosity you […]

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So many kids – aged 23-26 today have a serious problem on their hands – they have a degree which is not bankable, they have a loan taken to get that degree, and they have no place to stay in a Metro! Vow! Welcome to the American lifestyle. Kids who have left their houses to […]

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Property is seen as a safe asset. Most people have the following arguments for investing in property: – price can never go down – see prices in the last 10 years, my brother’s property has gone up 3 times !! Vow!! – God does not make more of it anymore, so prices can only go […]

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So! You have a student loan, do you? So many kids – aged 23-26 today have a serious problem on their hands -they have a degree which is not bankable, they have a loan taken to get that degree, and they have no place to stay in a Metro! Vow! Welcome to the American lifestyle. […]

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I have been in the markets for a real long time. As a friend says when we entered the market flying was considered dangerous and sex was considered safe! I started learning about something called PRICE-DIVIDEND RATIO. I was told dividends are the only thing that a small investor knows for real, so he should […]

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Well I have no strong views on Gold – however I have never bought any gold as an investment. I wear no gold on my body, but I guess my mother, sister, wife, and daughter do wear. However as a family also there is no interest in the gold – except to the extent that […]

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A few days back I did a story on what they do not teach at an MBA school…here is one more story. Happened to a CA friend – let us call him RJ. He was considered to be the ‘finance head’ of the business – but he was still a rookie and needless to say […]

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