My readership in 2017 is likely to be less than it was in 2016. Mind you, 2016 was much higher than it was in 2015. Should I be happy or sad? I am neither. I am doing this blogging for fun – and it only has a cost implication for me. I spend at least […]

I recently met the CXO of a ‘business’ channel. No he/she did not like being called a ‘ticker channel’. CXO wanted to know what people thought about his channel. I said ‘I really do not know because I do not ask people which channel they watch. And this is what I told him…. the number […]

Sundarasen is a friend. He is an Officer and a Gentleman – belongs to the Indian Army and has spent time in Kargil et al Lt col Sundaresan R ( retd ) is on a mission to run 50 Full marathons in 50 locations over 50 weeks. He started his mission on 11 Dec 2017 […]

I saw an article saying ‘Since the market is over heated Amcs should restrict their inflows’. Honestly I do not know why should anybody think that writers, media, fund managers KNOW what is coming next? The numbers look attractive so let us go back to 2002. The Index was at 2000. Let us assume it […]

I recently saw a few cases of nice mis-selling by a big wealth manager. I will not name him but if you Google for how some retired people were defrauded, you will be shocked. Modus operandi is this: The sales guy is designated ‘Wealth’ Manager, Wealth Head, …or something to do with wealth. So this […]

“1400 points down from the top” says a Moneycontrol headline. Is it meant to scare you or tell you, I do not know. When people tell me that they want to invest in equities, I tell them that they need to be prepared for 10% pull back, 20% correction, 30% deep correction and a 60% […]

When you get up in the morning you have only one brush and paste to choose from (presumably). However when you have to wear a dress and if you have 300 shirts and 100 pants, I wonder what you do. I have 5 black pants and maybe 10 white shirts – I seriously do not […]