Vaibhav has suggested that I take readers views: happy to do that Please suggest what topics to write on…However here is a NEGATIVE list, on which I will not write: – which share to buy – top best 5 shares to buy / mf schemes to invest – anything specific about a company or a […]
There are many people in the financial services business whose main job is to sell financial products. What they have been called has changed over the years….but largely the job is: 1. looking for a good product 2. tying up with the manufacturer of the product (a company which wants money or wants to lend […]
The worst thing about writing a blog and trying to be original everyday is a quick realisation that you cannot! Frankly there are only 140 pages that you need to write in personal finance. Beyond that it is re writing. Like if you have read Bhagavatham, Ramayana and Mahabharatha ….you have really captured all the […]
Most of the teaching that I try to do is by story telling….and that is a problem for a few people. Last week I was talking to a few people – and it is customary to say ‘MMS and Kalam are good people…’. I said, sorry, once a bureaucrat, always a bur….t. And b..t […]
a normally anti real estate guy saying this? was your first reaction, right? Well I have always said that opportunities come in all markets. You need to decide which market suits you, what you are comfortable with and whether you have the brains and strength to straddle all markets. Here I have a deal – […]
So many people tell me (OMG and I politely nod) …here is what I wish to tell them: Subra, I made money…. a. buy getting ESOPs in my company b. buy buying a house for Rs. 30 lakhs, now it is worth Rs. 90 lakhs and only Rs. 12 lakhs of the loan is to […]
Normally the public sector units trade at a lower price earning multiple (p/e multiple for those who did not understand the full version). This is largely because there is a general feeling that the owner (manager) does not care too much about the main shareholder. To expect the ‘corrupt’ or ‘indifferent’ employee to work for […]