Archive for March, 2010

31st March Joke

Lord Yama was taking a big noose…and about 10,000 people. Narad Muni mil gaye. He asked
“Arre, it ne saare log ek saath?”
Yama said: Kya karoon…31st March ka pressure hai.
So do not blame your insurance, mutual fund agent – some are even called ‘managers’….LOL.
Happy fools day

Cholamandalam and DBS deal

Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Co. Ltd. (CIFCO) has done a great deal from the shareholders point of view. They had brought in DBS as a partner by issuing fresh shares to them at Rs. 140 a share. Now DBS has exited at Rs. 90 per share. It looks unfair on DBS but the relationship was [...]

Animals in the Financial Jungle

There is an alphabetic soup in the financial qualifications – and there are many animals out there. Most first time investors (and some veterans too) are legitimately confused about their role so here is a lesson 101:
Financial planner: supposed to know everything about you PERSONALLY so actually called ‘personal financial planner’ who helps you with [...]

ECS: why using it is a problem..

Here is a repeat of the ECS story…there is a link I have added at the end..take a print out and show it to your banker…if they are difficult to convince…or get a copy from the RBI website and send it to your bankers. In case of psu banks you can talk to the branch, [...]

Bear Market and Bull Market comparison?

How do you know when is the market in a bull phase and when in a bear phase?
Well it is surely difficult to know during the phase itself – only at the end of the run do you realize whether it was a bull run or a bear run. However there are some signals which [...]

Mutual funds as conscience keepers!

So SEBI has one more work for mutual funds. They are supposed to be the conscience keepers for corporate India. Good news.
Next they may be asked to get a ‘good behavior’ certificate from unit holders – saying I will redeem them only for legitimate purposes. I will not use the proceeds for buying a gift [...]