“Subra how do you think the markets will be?” Has always met with the answer: Volatile. NO. Not an original answer – J P Morgan said it a few decades ago. Well not knowing how the market will behave over the next few hours, weeks, months or even years has not stopped people from predicting. […]

‘Subra I have this financial plan from a planner..will you read it and tell me whether it is fine?’ asked one person. He was my friend’s brother in law. I said sure. He said it is 75 pages. I said send me the summary in 3 pages. Poor chap he had no clue how. With […]

If I were to make a list of Journalists I know, it would be pretty long. Right from a cub reporter to somebody who has 25 years experience.. Let me start by saying that NONE of them looked biased to me. Strong, bull headed, proud, name dropping, – yes many of these things, but very […]

Will the Hippocratic Oath work for the financial industry? Well a few decades ago your fever would have been treated in a very simple way. They would cut your vein and let you bleed a little. If that did not help, they would repeat the procedure. Repeat. Till you died. The doctor would feel sorry, […]

When Sai of Rediff called me and asked ‘what impact will the Fed Rate hike have on the Indian investor?’ i mulled over it..and here did this for him… http://www.rediff.com/business/column/should-you-worry-about-the-us-fed-rate-hike/20151215.htm

When I was asked ‘Subra what is the ROI of training’ for the first time, I was a little unprepared, but since the CEO asking this question was a friend, we did some calculations. I told him one thing though: any such calculation is just a guess, and any intervention involving people and hopeful behavioral […]

It is easy to get caught between magazines, columns, newspaper, blogs, television..and wonder how to invest. ‘Top 10 funds’ , ‘Must invest in these shares’ and ‘Rakesh J’s portfolio’ you keep wondering what to do. Should you buy when a good company like Sun Pharma falls from 1100 to 750? or should you wait for […]