Like a holistic approach to personal health, the process of providing financial fitness involves four basic steps. If you have the time, objectivity and expertise in investments, taxation, insurance, and estate planning, you can complete this four-step process on your own. However, most people find it helpful to seek the aid of various professionals to [...]
Authentic customer statement. Of course I would not have been surprised or shocked if my driver or maid servant had made this statement. It was made by a bureaucrat – obviously by now you know in which ministry! Do not wish to talk about this person, but it is really amazing how the people who [...]
When you invest in a mutual fund you pay charges. You pay a commission to the person who picks up the cheque from you and sends it to the mutual fund house. Presumably he asks you for your goals, your risk appetite, the level of understanding of markets that you have, then choses a scheme. [...]
A man was searching for something in a dark room. He was crying, weeping, screaming and yelling. He was upset. He was making a mess of the things kept in the room. He broke some and tumbled on others. Yet, what he was searching for, he could not get. He was blaming his wife, children, [...]
In such a volatile market the small investor needs protection. I can safely start a speech with this statement immaterial of the forum at which I am speaking. I will get a lot of applauses for this universally true statement. Let us now see what it means. One it is a Mother Hood statement and [...]
So India was kicked out of the Twenty 20 World Cup, and a billion fans are crying about it. Correct? Let us see what we can learn from here: 1. In the T-20 format, it is far more difficult to predict than in other forms. Just as how no fund manager knew at 21000 sensex [...]