“This is a good time to enter the market” What bull shit. Complete bull. Nobody, repeat nobody knows whether it is a good time to enter the market or not to enter the market. So what do we do? We watch TV or ask our broker. If the TV anchor says wait for 5 months, […]
Completely unconnected to the downgrade of USA by S&P, Mr. Deven Sharma stepped down as President of the rating company… Of course, USA is a meritocracy so it is not possible that White House would have made that fatal call..for the end of the tenure of Mr. Sharma… USA is not India…it is a free […]
When the index was at 21000 we all were sure that it was just a little while..and we would be at 25000….well it never happened…then at 9k we were sure it would be at 6k..but it never got there either. The way we think so, is affected by the ‘Recency effect’ – the events closest […]
Not sure why..but too many kids who meet me (their parents ask them to talk to me, gutsy parents!) tell me ‘I do not want to do CA, sir’. The reasons are: – it is too tough, and the pass percentage is low – compulsory articles for 3 years is too taxing – attending college, […]
After a particular stage in life you get skeptical about what you read. In the financial services industry, reading an article is important, but reading the byline is perhaps more important. Also knowing why he/she is saying and the tone in which they are saying is also very important. I am not even talking about […]
In the current year with the deadline of 30th November, 2011 staring at us in the face, is it possible for companies to comply with Mca norms? I mean do we have the time to convert all our companies, accurately, and file it with MCA – if we do it on our own? This is […]
The MCA mandate is out and all companies are in a ‘searching’ mode of how to comply with the mandate. Predominantly there are 2 options – buy software, learn the skill and do the tagging yourself, or give your annual return to a ‘conversion’ specialist. The conversion specialist will convert it for you and give […]