Copying is very difficult especially if you want to be the first! How can you copy from the second best and be first? So that makes copying difficult. However you could take parts of many and look original…then you need not defend your copying! Warren Buffet made most of his money by staying and investing […]

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small investor, financial literacy, financial awareness, financial inclusion….what an amazing array of words we have created for bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen, capital market pundits to meet and eat! Frankly if you want to climb the Himalayas you need to join a Gym get into good shape and then climb the Himalayas. In the investment arena you […]

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If you have grown up in an Indian metro chances are you are dealing with a lot of government run or supported institutions. People do not like or in most cases do not trust those institutions. A bank statement has to be checked regularly to see if some new charges have been added, given a […]

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Are you creating wealth? If you wondered what is the connection between the article and the way this article starts, do not be surprised. I always thought that the finance professionals were the smartest in the world. They go out there and create complicated products – and then charge a nice fee for telling you […]

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The greatest wealth in the world has not been created by inheritance – but by investing! It is only this generation that can make this comment. We are lucky to be living in times when we can make this statement. Let us take examples of Warren Buffet, Bill Gates, L N Mittal, Azim Premji, Ambani, […]

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The Central Government have specified bonds to be issued by (i) Industrial Finance Corporation of India;( IFCI ) (ii) Life Insurance Corporation of India; (L I C) (iii) Infrastructure Development Finance Company Limited; and ( I D F C) (iv) a Non-Banking Finance Company classified as an infrastructure finance company by the Reserve Bank of […]

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If on your way to prosperity you have accumulated many advisers how do you ensure that they are on the same page? Let me tell you the woes of one of my friends. Typically he has 3 Relationship Managers, one I F A, one Portfolio Manager, one C A who files the Income tax returns. […]

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