Last week I was talking to two CXOs of life insurance companies. They had similar problems – but not really the same one. One CXO was still opening branches for selling life insurance – this kind of surprised me. As he was on the sales side, he was saying that the ‘training’ is too long. […]

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check out on subramoney page on fb not that u will find anything useful there….just telling you it is there…just in case…

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So many people are asking me: Is it a good time to buy shares? Is L&T a good buy….it has fallen by Rs. 400? Is it time to put money in the Nifty? Should I average my Reliance Industries – I had bought it at Rs. 1200! Should I buy Suzlon..I had bought it at […]

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I recently wrote a piece on ‘Make your own financial plan’ – this appeared on yahoo finance and some of you may have read it. What is amazing is the response that I have got for the same. Largely saying the following: – future is uncertain, SO DO NOT PLAN. – equity markets are too […]

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For many companies – which come under the MCA mandate there is a need to file their annual returns in xbrl format. This happened because there were some companies which were filing very poor quality of info while filing the details with the RoC. The sad part of non compliance by a few people is […]

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Have you wondered why people make mistakes while buying financial products? Well here is what I think: 1. Products are complicated: Most financial products are complicated. This is absolutely necessary so that the charges can be well hidden. 2. Salesmen are always in a hurry: This is easy to understand. They are paid for closing, […]

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This is for all the kids I know. Some of them are smart, some very smart. However money management is not a part of their curriculum (really sad)…so here are some tips. You can use it or discard it….just my views: 1. Decide only on the big things together: The Rs. 800 T shirt which […]

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