An interview with a Venture capitalist who works for an American Venture capital company, is influenced by John Bogle and John Naish. Surprisingly his conscience is still working and he gave a free and frank interview to subramoney.com. Any resemblance he has to Santa Claus is absolutely correct. Both are fictional characters. Read on: Sir, […]

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My parents always managed to make ends meet, even though my mother was a stay-at-home mom and my father worked in a factory! Neither my sibling nor I did things like       ‘tuitions’ and these kind of income supplementing stuff.  Of course unlike many people of my father’s generation he did not have to support his […]

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I wrote this article a few days ago. However the tense is the only thing that has gone wrong…so here it is… Soon a budget will be announced and the media will be all excited. There will be discussions, articles, chats, views on the budget. One such program was on air a few days ago […]

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Here is a story …said in a very spiritual context. It is just as applicable to us as ‘fund managers’, ‘relationship managers’, ‘ifas’ or…what have you. When the markets do well, we keep saying ” I got the client 43% returns” if you are such a genius why is your portfolio in the Red this […]

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The markets – capital markets especially is a great teacher. However, the characteristics of this teacher are unique: 1. Takes the fee upfront 2. Lessons are taught the hard way, but students do not remember it long enough 3. Never negotiates fees – the dumber the student the higher the fee, and no mercy is […]

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Many companies are today in some kind of trouble. It is fashionable to cut something or the other in the name of a slowdown – so right from the toilet paper to sugar in the coffee everything is under some scrutiny. However, it is difficult for many CEOs to cut salaries and bonuses. So even […]

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continuing the myth busting on rent vs. buy …. “Renting is for poor people.” Of course renting is for poor people – very much true. But it’s for rich people, too. I know if I name some of the people who live in rented houses – with their designations some of you might torch me. […]

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