“There is a general tendency especially among the intellectual elites to think that IIT and IIM are the cats whiskers and they are doing a great job, right? Sorry Subra our institute is doing a far better job” – so said one person who has been (well almost) responsible for more than 3000 people going […]

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You have heard this so many times, but just once more -Tough times do not last, tough people do…. Not sure if it is the right thing to say now! Times are really tough. There are no clear signals. The rupee is weakening – BJP says it is because of the deficit and poor management […]

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There are many kids of today whose parents still believe: – PSU jobs are safe and the best -dealing with a government agency is good, because they will not cheat you Sure Psu jobs are the best -ask the retiree from Air India who has not been paid his dues…for the past few years. So […]

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  It is not that the retail investor cannot invest on his own, it is just I think the odds are terribly against them. Let us look at some of the foolish statements that I hear from time to time: 1. I do not make losses in the market: A wife told me that this […]

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A few days back I wrote a piece on ‘Young, Glamorous, Riskless and Broke’. This was about the kids born in the 1980s. Let us take a kid born in 1987 – would have graduated in 2007-8 and finished his/her MBA in 2009. This was not a great season to graduate, but would have found […]

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this was written in 2007-8 and appeared in an abridged form in moneycontrol ….   Hello, Congrats on the nice job you have got! With a degree from an Ivy League school this was a nice job to land. I know you have majored in Finance and are hoping to make money by the tons. […]

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here is the proposed book on Money – meant for doctors….

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