Comments on: Analysts make mistakes http://www.subramoney.com/2008/08/analysts-make-mistakes/ Personal Finance Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:56:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Prabhakar V http://www.subramoney.com/2008/08/analysts-make-mistakes/comment-page-1/#comment-189 Prabhakar V Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:29:52 +0000 http://subramoney.wordpress.com/?p=381#comment-189 When you are in the business of selling and analyse the macro factors of businesses, the very analysis is made from the background of 'marketing' and you may also be blind to see the negative factors. and finally, what the investors get to see? a rosy picture! No wonder why these the so called analysts make mistakes. well, that's one way to look at it. Even when you get your calculations and analysis right , it may be tempting for you to give a whole new shape to your story, because its compelling to make money here for the losses you made elsewhere. do they keep integrity intact? we do not know. investors better watch out. When you are in the business of selling and analyse the macro factors of businesses, the very analysis is made from the background of ‘marketing’ and you may also be blind to see the negative factors. and finally, what the investors get to see? a rosy picture! No wonder why these the so called analysts make mistakes.

well, that’s one way to look at it.

Even when you get your calculations and analysis right , it may be tempting for you to give a whole new shape to your story, because its compelling to make money here for the losses you made elsewhere. do they keep integrity intact? we do not know. investors better watch out.

]]> By: Ravinder Makhaik http://www.subramoney.com/2008/08/analysts-make-mistakes/comment-page-1/#comment-188 Ravinder Makhaik Mon, 11 Aug 2008 07:14:32 +0000 http://subramoney.wordpress.com/?p=381#comment-188 So people up at Citibank are hoping to cash on the India growth story to meet their losses in the sub-prime market. Here in the small town of Shimla, Citi Bank shut down its only ATM, as a cost cutting measure for it was paying an exorbitant rental fee of about Rs 1 lakh per month to maintain its brand value at an important tourist destinaton. So people up at Citibank are hoping to cash on the India growth story to meet their losses in the sub-prime market.

Here in the small town of Shimla, Citi Bank shut down its only ATM, as a cost cutting measure for it was paying an exorbitant rental fee of about Rs 1 lakh per month to maintain its brand value at an important tourist destinaton.

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