Are the Indian promoters who destroy shareholder wealth the worst in the world? Or are there some who are worse than that? In the American context there were AIG, Citibank, Goldman Sachs, Lehman, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae… or should we talk about the worst environmental disaster by BP? Well well, the list is long is […]
Once upon a time long long ago I was part of an organisation which did the statutory audit of Hindustan Petroleum. My contempt for Public Sector Units only grew greater. However the people working in some of these organisations were far, far superior to some of the guys I met in the private sector. However […]
A couple of days back I had reproduced a letter from a grateful life insurance nominee. Let me tell you what led to that story…. Here was a young person (aged about 40) who had died. He had 3 life policies from Cos. A, B and C. For obvious reasons, the names cannot be given […]
Insurance is about answering questions like ‘What if something were to happen to me?’. Since most of the times we do not have an answer for questions like ‘What if…i were to fall down…’…or many other ‘WHAT IF’ kind of questions – see this article on Money Mantra… http://www.moneymantra.co.in/insurance.html
Whenever there is a talk about investment (greed) or insurance (fear) there are a few statements that I hear, and it does not help at all! Let me elaborate on those statements: 1. You have Colgate? I wish I had bought that share WHEN IT WAS THAT CHEAP! – you can replace Colgate with Hdfc, […]
One of the most important things I HAVE to do while training Relationship Managers in banks is to keep reminding them that they are not: a. Fund Managers nor are they b. Financial planners. The roles of each person – inspite of some common areas – is vastly different. Similarly another worry is – the […]