I do not like to watch television too much. My mom at 70 does not watch too much tv. Nor does my Dad. My daughter watches cartoon (I will hate the day she watches Saas…instead of Tom and Jerry!). However yesterday I watched some television and decided to catch some ads too. The news channel […]

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March is the month that insurance companies, mutual funds, their agents, banks, relationship managers, etc. love! Throughout the year sales of all these products have been taking a hit. All life insurance companies are funded by the strong and rich parent – SBI, Hdfc, Icici or the foreign counterparts. One branch of one life insurance […]

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I will be doing a series of short “Why Management should be interested in Personal Financial Well-being of their employees – an Introduction to financial planning” seminars in the following locations on the following dates. This is being sponsored by myiris plus – a revolutionary personal finance software. This is open only to Head of […]

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“Sensible soundbytes” is an oxymoron. This is what a great author has said. So if most of you know what is a black swan, you know who I am talking about. I normally do not watch much TV – except for Ramayan or Animal Planet with my daughter. However, I am many times under great […]

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Oprah Winfrey has given a nice speech – and this is the portion I liked: “When you’re doing the work you’re meant to do, it feels right and every day is a bonus, regardless of what you’re getting paid.” It’s true. And how do you know when you’re doing something right? How do you know […]

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I had put this invite in the month of April /May of 2008. This event will be repeated in May / JUne of 2009 also – hopefully year on year every year….read on…. June 7 and 8 (2008) Nehru Centre, Worli, Mumbai, India will see an unique event for the retail investor. Many fund managers […]

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Does Citi have a capital crisis? Some analysts think Citigroup needs to take strong medicine – like a dividend cut – or risk further stock erosion. Fortune’s Peter Eavis looks at the books. By Peter Eavis, Fortune senior writer November 7 2007: 2:16 PM EST http://money.cnn.com/2007/11/07/magazines/fortune/eavis_citicapital.fortune/index.htm do read this article, if you are in doubt! […]

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