Long ago – in 2008 SEBI said that you could lend your stocks – made a lot of sense. If you are a promoter or a long only retail investor you could give your shares on ‘rent’ and earn some money. As usual the path to hell is paved with good intentions and SEBI did [...]
Have you wondered why doctors are not really rich? They do earn well. Even in a lower middle class suburb of Mumbai they do charge reasonably well. For example a specialist (pediatrician) doctor practicing in Navi Mumbai would charge Rs. 250 for a visit. This is not too bad for the 20 minutes that the [...]
If you are a demat account holder with CDSL you now get an excellent service – free access to your demat account where you can check your statement, transaction, etc. Should the login be given and the client asked to generate his own password – name+ dob+ four digits of the account number …or something [...]
It is always in retrospect that you can have fun about trends. On one fine day – March 9, 2009 that the US markets had hit their low. Check your brokerage account for transactions around that time. The S&P was below 700, the Great Goldman Sachs was predicting a Dow less than 400, Cnbc was [...]
Many of us cannot resist that extra sweet…or that fried stuff. Well 30 seconds of pleasure on the tongue…then 30 years on the waist! How come we seek such short term pleasure in whatever we do? Why does short term trading seem more attractive vs. the long term investing, dividend yield, value investing…well I have [...]
I could not believe my eyes when I saw this headline! Once upon a time when Chartered Accountants were judged by their reputation, things were different I guess. PwC when it pitches for business now must be saying..’See we are such a big firm, a few frauds do not matter’. However long ago when I [...]