Here is a story..obviously from the great Hindu Mahasamudram. It is an obvious cut paste (which means it is NOT original), but the learning is more materialistic. Obviously at the philosophical level it is the Gandhian philosophy – there is enough for every man’s need, not for every man’s greed. Or you could take it […]
With the zero load in mutual funds it is perhaps not too wrong to expect that many fund advisors will get out of this business. I am not sure whether this is a correct assumptions but it is a logical one. Will it really happen? Let us see. There will be many people in the […]
For many people financial problems start with a good intention. Here is a case in point. One person I know has an uncanny ability to get herself into a financial mess. It would be difficult for many people I know to even imagine how ingenious she is in creating trouble for herself. One example here. […]
Now that there are more than 1100 readers on my blog regularly…the Google data analysis makes interesting reading. What i find amazing is the fact that people from 208 cities monitored by Google come to the site. Even assuming 10-12 of bounce back, it still means close to 200 cities have people who know about […]
There was an amazing news item now. Mr. D Swaroop said Rs. 15,000 crores was paid as commission to the insurance distributors, so they have decided to eliminate commissions. Fantastic idea, should be immediately implemented! Vow! So the investors save Rs. 15,000 crores. A quick calculation showed that the insurance companies paid Rs. 22,000 crores […]
Most of us are not happy with the circumstances in which we find ourselves! “If I were just a little taller”, “If I were a little fatter’, “if I were just a …” Most common is “IF I WERE JUST A LITTLE THINNER”. As though dropping a kilo or 10 kilos will change our lives, […]
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 […]