The way we have complicated our lives is really awesome! (ha ha Gen Y word for everything!). We had simple running shoes. Now we have gel shoes, air packets, sole less shoes,… there is such a huge range you will not believe it. Food, finance, life, entertainment – you name it and we have it […]
The Facebook IPO is obviously too hot and something that everybody will watch. It is like a MJ release – you cannot ignore it. However the question is: Will it be the next Microsoft? Well not really sure – but MS grew AFTER it went public. In case of FB the client acquisition is already […]
Many people who think they understand risk do not understand risk coming from completely unexpected sources. I do not mean some 50% market crash – one is reasonably prepared for a market crash, but something else. – What happens if the government withdraws medical cover for retirees of government organisations? -What happens if PPF is […]
No this is not a simple post on the Oracle of investing…but just clearing the air for some people. Who is WB? He is a brilliant investor. There is no doubt that he has created a lot of wealth for his shareholder. Does it make him the greatest. Well we will discuss that later on. […]
Yesterday a friend showed me the working of Reliance Mutual fund – he does not want to share the work publicly though. He took a very (perhaps not practical) view that an investor does a Rs. 1000 SIP in each and every equity fund of reliance mutual fund right from the date of launch of […]
Many good fund managers are beating the Sensex and the Nifty by a long margin. I am also seeing many individuals (yes the kind of people I meet is skewed) beating the index, and many times by a big margin. This is also because when I see my own portfolio (or my families portfolio) there […]
I was wondering whether the title should have a ‘?’ after the word status, then decided against it ! Any other country in the world with the same statistics as USA would have been down graded..a few notches. However all the credit rating companies (you have to smirk when you talk about them) are based […]