Hey do not see..we are changing! Well the NSE and the BSE have decided to change the timings for the market operations from 4th Jan, 2010. Who benefits? Really do not know..but let us see the stakeholders…
The Stock Exchange, Mumbai, was started as an association – non profit making company – and was supposed to [...]
Third in this sad saga of a lousy salesman.
“Subra I wish to pay Rs. 60,00,000 as premium for a life cover of Rs. 6 crores – Rs. 4 crores for me and Rs. 2 crores for my wife. The beneficiary should be my kids.
Me: Noble thought – glad to meet you regarding life insurance. It [...]
‘Subra we need to buy life insurance..I am willing to pay Rs. 30, 000 per month and so can my wife. How much life insurance can we get?’ ..asked my friend SS.
He speaks at a speed that it is difficult to understand what he says…by the time he ended saying this, I was breathless.
I started [...]
It is always difficult to sell and do business, especially if you think that the ‘other’ profession you do is teaching. Let me tell you about a friend who came to me enthusiastically to buy life insurance (3 stories actually)
One was a good friend – he said he wants to pay Rs. 20 lakhs as [...]
If you do not know why a big brokerage house is doing something, copying them because they are a big house is a sure way of wealth destruction.
If you cannot find an attractive idea, keep your money in the bank account. Cash does not bite.
If you want to trade, think like a trader. If you [...]
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Don’t take this risk with insurance
Insurance is a risk cover – don’t risk the nomination part. Most people name their beneficiaries when they buy the policy, and then never give the subject another thought. That could be a mistake. Good consultants recommend that you take the time to review your policies’ beneficiary [...]
I just met a 63 year old woman who had lost her parent. Even though she had a few siblings she was looking after her widower father alone. She was in a ‘old’ peoples home with hardly any friends within a nearby location. Her siblings had to fly in from various parts of the country [...]
Depending on your point of view you can decide what is ‘B’.
Let us take the word as BRIGHT. How can this happen? Well brokers can get excited about earning some money so they drop brokerage charges to 0.5% per transaction (which is what they charge on equity shares) and do the transaction. The greatest advantage [...]
Mumbai has a peculiar problem- exhorbidant real estate prices. However this does not mean economics is at work. I would know of many people who live far, far beyond their means. How does this happen?
Well their parents are cash-flow poor, but asset rich. The children are asset poor, but have some cash flow. Take an [...]
Nobody believes that tech stocks can do well in 2010, correct? This comes from 2 fears – US recovery will not be too great and that the dollar may weaken.
Let us look at the dollar – it looks like the dotcom boom – when we were all sure that the tech stocks can only go [...]