DSP BlackRock Investment Managers Pvt. Ltd., an asset management company, launched its first passive fund, ‘DSP BlackRock Equal Nifty 50 Fund’. This is different from other index funds as this fund assigns equal weight to each stock and invests equally in them. In other funds the weight of each constituent is apportioned according to their […]

Now that every Ram, Rahim and Roy and their aunty know what is happening…why should I be left behind? It was fashionable to criticize NaMo even in 2014. Most people who were the intellectuals were sure that NaMo did not deserve the PM post. Of course they said he will not understand…but well he became […]

In 1979 when I did my first trade I got a handwritten contract saying bought 50 shares of TVS Suzuki (Ind Suzuki the moped manufacturer whose business was taken over by TVS Suzuki) for Rs. 19 or thereabouts. I had to make a payment in 3-4 days and the delivery would come in 3 weeks […]

A story from Jataka tales…of course… There was a group of monkeys who had recently re-located and had a smart king. He had protected them from many dangers and was liked, feared and respected. In the new location there was a big lake – and looked inviting. However the king was smart and had warned […]

My neighbor of many years had about 900 shares of xyz (pre split) so now he should be having 4500 shares. His portfolio was not too great, but this share somehow he listened to me and held on from 1980 onwards…so it had grown. He had a very ambitious broker – and my genius neighbor […]

Life itself is simple. Especially if you are not over ambitious and want to conquer the world. Rahul Gandhi can easily lead a simple life in any part of the world with all the ill gotten wealth of his family, right? Well bowling is simple. All you have to do is to take a red […]

Was on ETNow yesterday….here it is for those who missed it… https://www.facebook.com/etnow/videos/1715095301865342/