Bad cues from Europe… Not enough Jobs being created in US? (another case of poor reporting) – the Jobs data does not take the increased HOURS into account, ONLY JOBS CREATED…wages seem to have gone up, but what the hell… Fuel price hike…maybe Rs 3.5….then reduced by Re 1….? guaranteed black opening…not sure how much
Did you know that Mumbai has as many cycles as it has cars? But of course they do not have the lung power or the media power to be heard. They are invisible – doodh wala, paper wala, grocery store boys, …etc. They somehow have to accept that the motorist is in a hurry – […]
The general consensus among big bankers and fund managers is that NTPC is a good buy. I am not here to say whether it is a good buy or not. In fact personally I hold enough NTPC in the family portfolio to be happy about the consensus view. However this article is about NTPC as […]
Surely you must have seen advertisements saying only 1141 tigers are left in the world…well that was in 2009: Only 7 telephone companies left Only 44 asset management companies left Only 19 life insurance companies left Only 44 good/ decent fund managers left Only 68,000 amfi exam passed advisers left Only 300,00,000 life insurance agents […]
It is surprising how the whole world wants a quick fix for everything. Instant weight loss, instead muscle gain, instant riches – trade forex, watch cnbc, …so go and get a quick fix. Write a cheque for $ 1 Trillion…and hey presto all problems will be solved. Correct? Either I am old fashioned or boring, […]
On the 150th birthday of Rabindranath Tagore, here is a poem which all regulators in the world could use! Deven Your comments? Obviously it is Tagore’s most famous offering – Mind Without Fear (Gitanjali). It is of course inspiring. Words in brackets are mine… Mind Without Fear Where the mind is without fear and the […]
Is it necessary to justify your profession to the world? Is it necessary to tell the world what work you are doing and why it is adding a lot of value to the world? Who is to judge whether you are doing the ‘right’ job or no? These are all so difficult to answer that […]