A few days back Safalniveshak posted a comment saying his friend’s father was cheated by an agent who had sold him 192 schemes in 192 folios. He called it bad and disgusting. Let us look at the whole process. A mutual fund or a life insurance company gets a LICENSE to do business in their […]

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Recently heard of 2 frauds in companies lending against gold…. One of the biggest risk in a single commodity lending is the risk of that asset falling so badly that it creates a lot of NPA in your books. Now the lovers of gold will argue till the cow comes home that this cannot happen. […]

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I remember a few incidents very clearly. A friend was admitted in hospital for a heart ailment – and he was young at 32 years of age. The doc saw the patient and said ‘Oh it is a weight problem’ …then he saw the parents of the friend and said ‘Oh weight is a family […]

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here is what I said on Cnbc TV…about investing in Mutual Funds…. there were 3 people asking questions…and clearly they were investing nice amounts for long periods of time. I think all 3 did not understand the POWER of compounding. the first caller was investing Rs. 15000 pm for a period of 20 years..and wanted […]

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  The most important requirement for a start up is not just PROFITABILITY, but also the availability of CASH. Cash flow is not the same as profitability – and many businessmen do not realize this. If you are a supplier of material which is not critical for a business, chances are your payment will be […]

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Hi will be answering some Personal finance questions – with Latha Venkatesh on Cnbc Tv 18…. TODAY, FRIDAY, 17TH…AROUND 12.10PM i will be in the studio..may be starting around 12.20…live…      

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Here is a link to the thoughts of Warren Buffet… I more than agree with most of the article…also because I believe it, you could call it affirmative bias. I know people who have made fantastic returns in property trading, gold trading etc. However I do not believe that real estate, bonds, and gold can […]

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