I have myself written many times about how to get rich and such other topics. Now I am myself changing it – some may even say topsy turvy. Ok if you do google you will find the steps – have a plan, make a budget, save money, invest it, put it in a mutual fund, […]

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Media loves to bash the financial advisors. The main accusations about FAs are – they sell products which the clients do not need, they sell products which have the highest commissions, they do not know all that they should know….etc. Let me now bat for the FA. A good FA should be well qualified (let […]

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Or Why you do not need an investment consultant or an Investment Advisor ! If you need bypass surgery, you should find the most qualified surgeon available.This need not be the most expensive surgeon. Some surgeons are better at PR so they command a higher price. Some surgeons are good but in smaller hospitals. You […]

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Financial advisors – the media’s new villans have a view point too. A few friends and relatives ‘claim’ that they listen to my financial advise. One of them is my cousin who has now retired. Last week when I met him I realised that all his money was in $ denominated fixed deposits – and […]

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How does a financial planner answer this question? or change it to “market is rising, what should I do?” It is really difficult, right? Ok let me try. If he is an equity buff he is likely to say “Keep investing, in the long run equities are the best asset class and you will get […]

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this is the second part of the confessions of  adviser’s / relationship managers some of the things that i wish to tell my client, but cannot! 1. When I asked you to sell (index 21000) you said ‘it will go to 25,000. Later on you say “You did not say it strongly enough”. Man, you […]

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I do a lot of  training for IFAs – here are somethings that they wish they could tell their clients: – If you can find all the answers on the net, please ask that website to get you a printout of your portfolio when you want, why should I call the fund house? – It […]

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