At my age I should be on the side of the parents of 24 year olds – but funnily I am finding it difficult in many cases. This is perhaps because many parents are like Hiranyakashipu (please read Dasavatharam). Hiranyakashipu was a demon who had so much ego that he wanted to be God. People […]
I did my first transaction in equities in the year 1979. I was in 12th standard, Clive Loyd had not yet won the ‘Prudential Cup’ ….and my parents did not think that a ‘kid’ should not deal in shares…I think my first transaction was 50 shares of Ind Suzuki (later on called TVS Suzuki). Do […]
Quite amused about the number of readers who said that the customer is well educated, can make well informed choices…Also many distributors believe that the customer believes them….I know of many cases where they listened to their brokers…and really went broke 🙂 Here read about the great food fraud.. http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/22/how-to-make-oatmeal-wrong/?ref=global-home
We all know who writes columns of lies, lies and honest lies, so here is a dig… Look at the Quantum Mutual fund advertisements which appeared in the national press. The advertisement says “we have eliminated distribution commission…” so your money works for you. There are 2 types of charges that a customer pays in […]
If you are in the finance business, today you have to talk about two very important things: Financial Literacy and Financial Inclusion. What you do is not so important! I have heard of an organisation where a person in a grievance cell also has targets! When the customer comes complaining, REPLACE the product, and make […]
Are interest rates going up or going down? Very this is a trillion dollar questions at all points in time is it not? Well I did put in some money into the SBI bond issue – and was pleasantly surprised to see the limit was raised to Rs. 500,000 per application in the retail segment. […]
When somebody asked me….what are the steps in financial planning, I just said: 1. have a plan – including a budget 2. stick to the plan – save as much, save as often – in good equity assets 3. sit with a planner – whet your goals 4. take a insurance cover 5. do a […]