Manish of Jagoinvestor.com sent me a mail of an article in Maharashtra Times (here is the link)…talking about how people should try to learn from websites… here is the link http://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/8232806.cms

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Osama is dead and Obama is rejoicing the murder. Surely 10 years ago – 9/11 Osama was rejoicing. Is there a difference between the two reactions? Well I do not know…. Taliban moved into the American airspace with American aircrafts….nobody in the USA knew about it…obviously. Obama moved into Pakistani territory, 30 km from Islamabad, […]

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Which is the worst investment advice that you have ever received? Back in my 20s – when I did not know that I knew nothing about investing (trading I still do not know) I had clients who would seek my advice. Now this advice is kinda addicting. When people ask you give some advice and […]

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Not sure whether I am alone in crying hoarse about the pending US default…but I always get some support from the American media! One of the biggest players in the American bonds market (perhaps the largest) is as skeptical about the bonds issued by Uncle Sam… let us take the worst case scenario of the […]

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“So who still believes markets don’t work? Apparently it is only the North Koreans, the Cubans and the active managers.” — Rex Sinquefield, co-founder and board member Dimensional Fund Advisors Obviously what Rex means is that if you believe in equity markets you just need to be in the Index and fund managers do not […]

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One advantage of being in the industry for long is you establish contacts. …so you hear stories. Some you remember some you forget. Some journalists tell you stories, some call you for stories… If you were in school in 1977 and looked at Arun Shourie with stars in your eyes….you thought all journalists should be […]

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Well many heart surgeons who have died of a heart attack have not been able to tell the diff between a heart attack or just a case of gas.. Why am I bringing this up onĀ  a Monday morning? Well I walked to Nerul station…and a man sitting there asked me…’Heart attack causes pain in […]

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