Let us face it, when the market was at 15000 most media stories were how: a) people had lost lots of money in the equity markets, b) how fixed deposits and PPF had given better returns over 3 years c) why people should be scared of the equity markets. One good thing about the media […]

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what is the Indian Institute of Ponytail Management worried about? it is worried about people knowing that it is NOT recognised. Is it really a problem? No. As long as parents BUY seats such institutes will survive. Sorry make it thrive. One Armstrong (translate to Hindi) runs an institute in a prime suburb of Mumbai…but […]

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Must see this. Crest Animation is being touted as a MULTI bagger…which means X to become 10X or 20X. Sadly it has become X/10….multi bagger or multi BEGGAR? LOL http://www.moneycontrol.com/video/stocks-views/crest-animation-may-give-100200-returns-sp-tulsian_498274.html  

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What is a valentine post doing in a financial blog? Well , well, I should have said: Will you be my financial valentine? In this era of boys and girls earning equal amounts, both of them have equal responsibility in managing the money too. Obviously nothing in our education system teaches them this basic skill…and […]

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If you run a personal finance blog…somewhere it goes into areas which look peripheral to most people…like: spending financial behaviour economics good food good health why? because good food and good health are good economics. Good economics is sensible personal finance. So you will find occassional posts on food, exercise, etc…here is a shocking news..perhaps […]

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Continuing the Fundamental Analysis series…here is another post. What really is a Balance sheet? It is a summary of the assets that a company owns and the money that is owes to outsiders. Remember as far as the company is concerned, you the shareholder, is an outsider too. Remember – it has its own existence? […]

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