The Unusual Billionaires – one book which I have been postponing…but will read shortly! The author Saurabh Mukherjea, of Ambit made a presentation at the Morningstar Conference in October, 2017, Mumbai. Here are some excerpts… Most of us know that investment decision making is about fundamental investing. The fundamental investing starts with looking at the […]

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What are your visions of being an entrepreneur or an investor? When I mean investor, I mean investing your own money, time, labor, sweat and tears. Not taking money from friends, relatives, banks, clients and running a sinking ship. I mean entrepreneur in the real old sense. If you think of a big office, great […]

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It may sound quite obvious, but ACCOUNTABILITY is vitally important for the success of an organisation or a PORTFOLIO. Many people who start their own business are never accountable to ANYBODY for their organisation’s success. Imagine a 32 year old leaving his job to start his own business. He can just rot and do nothing. […]

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Too many of us seem to be batting for the fat cats of the mutual fund, do we not? Why are there not enough websites encouraging you to go off on your own while investing? Do you have it in you to do it yourself? Or should you go to a professional to hand hold […]

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In 1993-94 I lost money because of a broker default. The guy who was handling bungled up on the risk profiling. The owner had no clue what was happening, and the guy who was managing the card was the smartest IIT, IIMA product ever. Some consolation that a few years later Wipro’s Premji and a […]

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Here are some CONTRARIAN suggestions for the new year. Everybody is going to tell you – set goals, chase them, do SIP, ….great listen to them for sure. Here are somethings that you must do to get a better life – most are self explanatory, but some of us have come too far off from […]

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So it is appraisal time in many companies, right? Well for a company with Quarterly feedback system, anytime is appraisal time! Well what do people expect in an appraisal? Boss says …blah blah blah….so you get a 11% increment (varies 5% to 18%) with some occasional 30% one time corrections thrown in… Hmm..just heard of […]

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