Financial Literacy Camps – “A small initiative creating a huge impact” Project done by:  Ananya Jain Aditya Birla World Academy Background A casual conversation with my house maid made me realise the lack of financial knowledge in their communities. I started a small initiative –  “Financial literacy camp”  for the low income group. Having […]

The World generates a lot of data, and there could be a lot of analysis showing how when a girl working in my office wears a pink dupatta the markets go up. Or that when the number of pigs are increased, the pig iron production goes up. There are too many rules – especially in […]

here is a program..for the Army people… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acHcPrWf8t4&feature=youtu.be  

Most doctors do not know pricing. Surely, none of them know how to price their own services. Tell them stories, give them examples, it does not matter. They continue to do the same thing, charge the same rates, allow to be abused…the same story continues. I met a big chain of ‘gynaec’ hospitals. They charge […]

Equities will outperform debt in the long run. For an equity salesman ‘long run’ means 5 years. For Nirmala Sitaraman long term means 1 year. For the fund manager long run means 7-10 years. For Warren Buffett long run means a couple of decades. A Sip in good shares will get at least 15-20% return […]

A journalist calls to ask “are we not in difficult times”….and there are many more questions which I get asked. At the end of the article I will tell you how I answer them… Will a SIP work for 5-7 year targets..I mean SIP in equity funds? What rate of returns will equity give over […]

Icici Prudential discovery does not have too great a RECENT track record. If you see its latest portfolio, you can see Sun Pharma, Ntpc, Itc, as the prime reasons for the under-performance. Is this bad luck or poor stock selection? If it is a VALUE DISCOVERY fund, is there really any value to be discovered […]