Two Judges of the Supreme Court have passed the Judgement which has said that there was a 2G scam and have given their reasons. Everybody is happy with the judgement – Prashant Bhushan, Anna Hazare, Raja, NDA, etc. So far so good. Let us see what was (should be?) the government’s role in Infrastructure development? […]

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I kept saying that the market perceives that the worst quarter – for a short time at least was the Q ended Dec 2011. Why this quarter? The interest rate increase was felt fully, sales were down…and obviously profits were expected to be down. It is in such a time that the shares (which had […]

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If you went back in time, most ‘middle class’ people were spending a big fortune of their income on ‘essentials’. Imagine in the 1980s – a person earning Rs. 5000pm (almost a HUGE salary!) – could have been spending Rs. 2000 a month on household expenses. This was about 40% of the take home salary. […]

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Just finished watching a TV serial (real life program I believe) called ‘Crime Patrol’! One Nationalised bank had opened a bank account – without proper papers, and not remembering the basic Anti Money Laundering lesson 101. The story is very simple, but shocking. There is a death claim which is fraudulently encashed by a Branch […]

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I am a direct equities guy – and most people reading my blog know that. So it is natural for them to expect that I would give tips on my blog. No, I do not. That you know by now. Also my tips are completely useless because most of my purchases are dated ‘Forever’ so […]

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tuesday….the day after Mahashivratri…will be on Cnbc awaaz  along with Swati Kumari answering questions on INvesting..in Hindi…..    

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A few days back Safalniveshak posted a comment saying his friend’s father was cheated by an agent who had sold him 192 schemes in 192 folios. He called it bad and disgusting. Let us look at the whole process. A mutual fund or a life insurance company gets a LICENSE to do business in their […]

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