What does a common man expect from the government? – Create an environment where the Private sector is willing to invest for a decent profit. – Law and Order -External Affairs -Defence -Judiciary – Infrastructure of the type in which the Private sector is too small to invest, or in which the government will (strategically) […]

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This is an old article which I had written for MoneyControl about 4-5 years ago Some tips on smart spending! THE basic needs of man are food, clothing, shelter and entertainment. Today, most of us have graduated from needs to luxuries. When the newspaper headlines were screaming inflation at 11.9 per cent, it became a […]

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Many people go to the gym – and one associated expense is the Personal Trainer. Do you go to they gym? Do you feel the need for a Personal Trainer? Let us look at the cost of going to a Gym. Annual Fee: Rs. 35,000. And a Trainer should cost say Rs. 6000 a month. […]

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  Not long ago I used to appear on TV at regular intervals. The channels that I used to appear regularly are ET TV, Bloomberg Utvi, and much less frequently on Cnbc and Cnbc Awaaz. So obviously PR agencies had seen me – and two of them approached me. One of them said ‘look at […]

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How funny we keep seeing this cycle of ups and downs…In an up we believe there will be no downs…and in a down we believe there will be no up! I thinking cycling and running – two things that I do help you handle such situations well! If it is a route you know (or […]

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XBRL filing – is up and running! Iris Business Services Limited was the first company to file it – they filed it at about 2.30am Saturday! Many companies are trying to file – and I believe many are failing. Clearly it is not an easy thing to do. You need a software to do it […]

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  Either people do not understand or do not want to apply common sense….so some investment myths continue. Let me list some of the emails that I have received recently…. 1. ‘What ever you say about Gold, NO OTHER ASSET CLASS has given the kind of return that gold has given in the last 40 […]

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