No this is not a guide on which pension plan to buy. It is an invite to see a video presentation by Deepak Shenoy a blogger…he has posted a video on the Max New York Life Pension Plan. http://blog.investraction.com/ – a website called CapitalMind …see the video understand it ….and come back here… He has […]

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How can we blame Union Carbide for what happened? Obviously the first blame is on the Indian soil – all those people who could not care about the Indian people. Let us face it Anderson had a choice of whether to come to India. He knew he could make a few calls and get away. […]

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The Regulators have an amazing ability to amaze me.  Somebody attending the IOSCO conference has written about the 7 course meals and boring sessions through which one can sleep. Now we have a new provision coming which says all mutual funds should be held in demat form. Which means you have to open a demat […]

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Recently got a copy of Amar Pandit’s book – Bill and Penny’s Money Adventures. There was no point in trying to do a book review. So I asked my daughter to read it and WRITE what she understood. I was quite impressed – first of all to get a 9 year old to read a […]

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Ravana had 10 faces – OK that is for the Kids. But Obama has a few faces – of course the fact that he is not handsome is a problem..but yes many faces. ONe is the BP face – where BP will pay salaries of employees of other rigs – which Obama has stopped. However […]

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When a client asked me to visit a very successful doctor, I thought he wanted to invest some monies in the equity market. He actually wanted a shoulder to cry about the losses in the F & O market! A small story might be in place. There is a simple mortal who is praying to […]

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It is very difficult to be in the PMS (Portfolio Management Services), Mutual fund business, Broking, Investment banking, …at some stage there is a conflict. There is a conflict between pricing an issue for the IPO and for the customer. What do you do when the promoter of a small company asks you to handle […]

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