about 10 days back did a program on Utvi on behavioural finance…here is the transcript. http://www.utvi.com/personalfinance/financial-investment-india/15714/investing-sans-emotion.html# – is where the original is, for the others, here it is being reproduced! Investing sans emotion UTVi News Desk Published on Dec 18, 2008 MUMBAI: Leaving emotions out of your financial decisions is tough. After all, it’s about […]
Am more than convinced that frauds are just waiting to happen – all you need is some little effort. In case you start a “We save stray dogs by covering them with blankets”. All you need is some good campaign, a nice network, some religious leaders to back you, some social leaders to get […]
Many of my friends, students, clients, relationship managers at banks, business development managers at life insurance companies concentrate on ‘r’ – or the return that they can get on the potential new investment. I really am amused. Let me tell you why. None, repeat none, except one brilliant uncle, knows their current income (unless it […]
Recession, slow down, pessimism about the Indian economy (of course because of the recession in the U.S. economy) are words that become common place in local lingo! Everybody and his aunty is now convinced that the Sensex will touch 5000 very soon, and the last place to be investing now is the equity markets. […]
Here is a list of very useful financial resolutions to make: 1. I will write down my financial goals 2. I will convert a big portion of my savings into investments 3. I will live a simple, frugal life by choice – but choose my dream career. 4. I will start saving/investing for my retirement […]
Once when Brezhnev was taking his mother around his castle, showing off his cars and swimming pool, his mother asked him “Son, what if the Reds came back?” Or so goes a story. If you think there have been excesses in the American economy, please re-think. Top executives at Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers, AIG (which […]
this article appeared in www.moneycontrol.com If you ever wondered how much to invest, read on! THERE are some word pairs that go hand in hand. When you say one you cant help but think of the other – eg. chicken and egg, carrot and stick, marriage and love, beach and sun and so on. When […]