Whenever there is a talk about investment (greed) or insurance (fear) there are a few statements that I hear, and it does not help at all! Let me elaborate on those statements: 1. You have Colgate? I wish I had bought that share WHEN IT WAS THAT CHEAP! – you can replace Colgate with Hdfc, […]
One of the most important things I HAVE to do while training Relationship Managers in banks is to keep reminding them that they are not: a. Fund Managers nor are they b. Financial planners. The roles of each person – inspite of some common areas – is vastly different. Similarly another worry is – the […]
The blurring lines between what is media and who is selling a product is really painful for the end user. Let us say I was running a website (and my income came from the number of people coming to my site, a.k.a. advertising) I have to say certain things.Imagine a website which says nasty things […]
There are many comments and emails asking me why I am against gold and against real estate. Well I am not against gold, and neither against real estate. However what do you call a market which is completely dependent on new investors bringing their fresh money. Well some people call it a Ponzi scheme. I […]
One thing the unit linked plan vs. mutual fund (I have no clue why there should be such a debate – owners, executives, salesmen, clients – I find are fungible between the 2 businesses!!) argument has done is created a consensus: “Fee based advisory is the cure for all evil”. This brings us to the […]
Let us call this basic economics lessons or Economics 101. This is something that all of us who are pretending to be understanding (ok, making an attempt to understand)…should know. Have not read a more humorous column about economics ever http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2010/05/28/economics-explained-in-90-seconds.aspx?source=ifesitlnk0000001&lidx=1
Normally advising is a boring, not very paying business. However, when a friend lost a cousin, he called me….and after some efforts the claim got settled. Then I received this letter (surely not drafted by her – her English was not good) but I guess she took the trouble to get this letter drafted…. what […]