I make this point regularly – the financial media is catering to the advertisers. Nothing wrong with this. They know who their clients are. The clients are those who pay them. Sadly neither the advertiser nor the media houses are seeing what is happening to the Indian investor / trader. The number of people who […]
I got an email from Ola saying that I traveled 659 km using Ola. Add another 641 by other modes and it becomes about 1300 km per annum. That is not much, right? Now assume I traveled and paid Rs. 10 per km. Ok make it Rs. 13 per km of travel…and it becomes Rs. […]
Let’s call this a Beginner’s Guide to Investing in Individual stocks (aka shares). In India we call it shares, in the US they call it ‘stocks’. So we will use these words interchangeably. Once in a while you get an urge to buy direct Equity. Or maybe you are already a direct equity investor. Lets […]
From now till the results of the 2019 elections the media will play a lot of games. There could be forces which could beat down the market – with or without the help of the baboo(n)s. Even if they cannot do that..you will see such headlines: The middle class loses Rs. XXX,xx crores of value. […]
When a friend called to tell me “my niece’s husband died of a heart attack…he was 31” I was not really aghast. I see people from various fields and when I see people from media, events, etc. I am stunned (shocked?) or appalled at their life-style. They work amazingly long hours. Staying at the venue […]
When I write articles about rich people – say with net worth of Rs. 10 crores and above – I get comments saying “such people don’t need help” or “you are wasting our time” or “ovarian lottery” he /she has done NOTHING to deserve it. I am not surprised at all. Look at how we […]
This is 31st December, 2019, and I am doing a review of the year gone by, yes, 2019. What gave me happiness: meeting 10,000 IFA all over the country addressing them about their retirement needs. I was thrilled that they all happily responded to their own retirement plan. I was happy that they have set […]