Meter Jam in Mumbai is actually a concept. If you are the consumer, you need to assert your rights. I sincerely hope that all consumers in all aspects come under such a ‘Meter Jam’. For example one senior journalist was trying to open a brokerage account (without opening a demat account and a bank account […]

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Manish of Jagoinvestor.com has some nice things to say about my book. I know he bought it and read it long ago…here is his review… http://www.jagoinvestor.com/2010/08/review-of-book-on-retirement-retire-rich-invest-rs-40-a-day.html and my comments on the comments are here: http://www.jagoinvestor.com/2010/08/review-of-book-on-retirement-retire-rich-invest-rs-40-a-day.html#comment-12296

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Time and again I have been saying that it is easy for a regulator to go after an industry that is reasonably well organised rather than a completely new one. This is the reason why there is: no white paper on how people lose money in real estate (whom will you chase?) no white paper […]

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What sensational results this Auto Giant has produced! Hats off to Ratan Tata. If you want the numbers go to www.myiris.com, moneycontrol…..etc. here is just the philosophical analysis! I have a couple of research reports -saying sell @ 170. No I do not want to name the research houses, but I know exactly what went […]

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Dear Sir, I have just retired. I do not have any pension and have got my provident fund settlement from company of Rs. 25 lakhs. I would like to invest it in a safe, risk-free instruments and also get good returns. Pooja Jayaraman Typical Media answer: This is your life time saving, and you are […]

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If you read the mails that IFA associations get from their members – IFA galaxy’s Alagappan, or other independent financial advisors – it is quite disturbing. Just today itself there are complaints against 2 reputed fund houses – DSP and Hdfc for errors (and he goes on to say that it takes a long time […]

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The fact is education in this country is in a mess and the politicians are largely responsible for this mess. A dominant group of powerful politicians from all states dominate it and how! When a few famous Indian professors got together to set up a school for International Business the Government of Maharashtra wanted them […]

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