LiC collects money from the small saver. It pays commission ranging from 4% to 40% based on the product that it has sold, the remaining money gets invested. Where does it invest? Well to keep the people happy it invests in Secured Government Securities. Chuckle chuckle who decides the price? Government of India! Does LIC […]
Well first it was Global Trust Bank Then it was Satyam Computers RBI screamed and shouted foul. They said it was only our Hyderabad unit, not all of us. Then people chuckled. They said did you know that the partners of Arthur Anderson (btw the founders were from PWC) are still around. Well read on…NOW […]
how many of you have noticed that the Sensex and the Nifty may have gone nowhere in the past few weeks…but I have seen some explosive growth in: Cholamandalam Finance, EID Parry, Carborundum Universal, Tata Motors, Cummins…. just an observation and back patting myself…. PS: i MAY have a trading position in these shares too… […]
‘Subra you did a post on do not trust an employee…can we trust a big branded financial company?’ asked a reader. Of course you can trust a big financial company as long as you can remember that: MF Global misplaced US $ 633 Million (or was it Billion or Trillion – when it comes to […]
It is the world of capitalism (Socialism has failed they say). So Ayn Rand is here to stay. RIP Ayn Rand, please stop shrugging like Atlas! If we were to believe that capitalism works, we have to assume that all the people connected with one company should have the company’s good at heart, correct? Well […]
When all of us feel that there is no risk, risk happens. Like all of us were sure that the markets will go from 21000 to 25000 it went to 9000. Market is a great humiliator -and exactly when you feel you have understood it all, it slaps you. At times it hits you in […]
Completely unconnected to the downgrade of USA by S&P, Mr. Deven Sharma stepped down as President of the rating company… Of course, USA is a meritocracy so it is not possible that White House would have made that fatal call..for the end of the tenure of Mr. Sharma… USA is not India…it is a free […]