I have a brilliant friend who has worked for many big and important media houses. He told me once – when he was heading a magazine – “I have made up my mind, please do not confuse me with the facts!”. This was when he was doing a story on mutual funds and unit linked […]

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It is amazing that strategies which looked very smart in a bull market can make you look very foolish in a bear market. One ‘house marketing’ company based in the suburbs of Mumbai had a big team to sell ‘second homes’. Obviously the team included marketing people, branding, sales, call centre…etc. These were people who […]

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Retirement Planning – sounds very intimidating to many people. However, like all long journeys it begins with a small step. First of all you need to accept that you will retire, and like all events in life the person who is better prepared will face it better. So retirement planning can be made to look […]

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I am sure you have been shocked by the headline! I find just too many people who think they can beat the index every year for a long period of time. In case you see the history of equity markets there are only a few people who have beaten the index returns consistently over long […]

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Thank God I am not an expert on debt. Or of debt repayments for that matter! The caveat first – I hate debt. I hate debt. I hate leverage. I rarely do an Options trade, nor do I ever buy a share in a Futures trade. All assets have been paid and bought. Now let […]

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No I am not reproducing the letter here. This is just some of the side lights from that letter. If the worlds richest man hires you, keeps you for 23 years that is proof that you are good. Just see what he says “When Ajit Jain joined us..we knew we had acquired a great talent. […]

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