I do not always respond to emails and comments on my blog. Some are too obvious and some queries are portfolio management queries. Typically like ‘I have invested in……..’ is it a good investment? Is it a good time to average? is it a good time to sell?…. frankly the answer to all this is [...]
It is customary to say ‘Indians are under insured’ see the Americans. Of course right. Indians are under insured – says who? the Insurance industry! Remember WB saying ‘never ask the barber whether you need a haircut’. L O L. So is it true that Indians are under-insured? The answer is not so easy. Indians [...]
Chartered Accountants, Company secretaries,….and others who are responsible for the MCA filing have to learn a new tool/ skill. the MCA (Ministry of Corporate Affairs) has said that it is compulsory for certain companies (have done a separate post on who are liable to file).. But first thing first..if you need an overview of XBRL [...]
J Dey was a journalist – and I believe he studied in Fatima High School, Vidyavihar, my alma mater too! While switching channels between Discovery and Music India..i happened to hit a news channel. They announced that the Mumbai Police has cracked the case, Chotta Rajan’s henchmen killed J Dey and the sharp shooters have [...]
I could have written a long article or just said…’I have said it so many times’…! There is no great secret to investing in volatile times. Imagine the situation of a person who is doing a Recurring Deposit in a bank…does he/she think what are the interest rates prevailing? No. He just does his RD. [...]
I had a long, funny and sometimes heated discussion with an equity analyst. Not that he is a great analyst – nor is he a bad one. However like most fund managers he believes ‘equity returns are a function of timing’. He says…’see if you had invested Rs. 100 in the index in 1980, it [...]