Here are some reasons why people buy shares: 1. I visited the company and the office and the factory look fantastic: falling for the visual appeal of the factory and office is nothing new. Have seen bankers, auditors, fixed deposit holders….all falling for that trick. At least 10-20 people have given this as a reason. […]
Training as a CA has many advantages (and a few disadvantages perhaps). One of the advantages is you get skeptical about numbers, and you get to question conclusions/views drawn from numbers. I remember one life insurance company giving me their settled claims to received claims ratio. Smartly it included maturity claims, investment products, pension plans….suddenly […]
In a kind of surrender to the mutual fund industry SEBI has asked amfi to reconsider becoming a SRO for the mutual fund industry. This is a fantastic joke because it is like asking the Life Council to be a SRO for the life insurance industry. Amfi is NOT A mutual fund voice or body. […]
Yesterday was an auto strike in Mumbai and Thane..the Navi Mumbai goons decided to stay away. The strike brings to the fore how well these hooligans in uniform are organised and how brazen they are. One of the important reasons for the strike – the demand is ‘we will not use the electronic meters’ – […]
Awake! Arise! Stop Not till the Goal is Reached said Swami Vivekananda. He was too much of a Motivator to be called a Saint, and too Saintly to be called a Motivator. Of course he was not like today’s Motivators..if only he had left tapes, videos, …it would have been great. His books stir you, […]
Continuing the state of the Life insurance Industry… One very important part of this industry are the agents. Now the agents are of 3 types a. National Level Distributors (non banks), b. National Level Distributors (banks) and c. Individuals (largely local level). The N L D as they are called seem to be making money, […]
This is one of my most popular write ups..which appeared in Money-Control sometime in 2006. It is about how much life insurance does a person need. Of course like the ad says…we all have ‘Kam insurance lene ki bimari’ so read on… “Does my family really need Rs. 4 crore on my death?” When I […]