I did one paid PR post for one company. Now if they want to use my writing skills they should allow me to write in my style. However, they decided to edit my writing and screwed it up. Their editing screwed what I had written. No, this is not an ego issue. After all they […]

I am not sure who said this – “Predictions are difficult, especially if it is about the future”. This is so damn true. I have always held that if you are predicting about say the equity markets, more than prediction, it is the timing of the prediction that is more important. For example everybody feels […]

The stupidest question that MOST investors ask their IFA HAS to be this question has to be “what return will I get” or “kitna return milega” ? Most IFA struggle with this question. It takes a very mature IFA and mature investor combination to hear the truth. The truth is “I do not know”. Any […]

Most of us invest to increase our net worth. So when I invested in 1994 in Hdfc bank or in Hdfc in 1980, I was only hoping to increase my net-worth. However given Indian promoters -even evolved ones like Mr. Parekh did not use the money just for growth. We were happily paid a lot […]

Not just parents. Many financial writers, bloggers, even advisors try to give advice from their own experience. Oh that’s bound to happen, right? Yes. Sure. However, you must remember that all of them may not have had the same background that you had. You had a secure childhood, happy family, father CEO, grandfather IAS, 6th […]

I complete 40 years in the equity market. Makes me exactly as old as the Sensex, and so can connect the dots. However, I am not able to tell you what I learnt in every rise and every fall. I know my equity portfolio has come out a little better than the Index, but honestly […]

In a TV interview the CEA K Subramanian said “the private sector should not keep running to the government for everything”. Great. Well said. Let us see who is the BIGGEST enemy of the working of Free economics. It has to be the government of India. The crony capitalist can keep accessing free or subsidized […]