The more I meet ‘investors’ (they think they are investors) who seek alpha (like my friend SS says – since they do not keep accounts they do not know) and some who even claim that they get alpha….here is a list of shares that I destroyed yesterday: Computer Point, Chokani International, Chimique Laboratories, Svadeshi Mills […]
http://www.subramoney.com/book-written-by-me/ Surely when somebody approached Mr. Dinanath Shinde and Mr. Afzal Maknejia for buying life insurance, they must have said: a. I do not need life insurance or b. At my level I cannot afford life insurance. Agents hear this day in and day out. Little did they realize that a drunk Nooriya Haveliwala would […]
Last week I happened to meet a lady who is an IFA. She has been selling LIC policies for the past 10 years and has also added mutual funds, government schemes, general insurance, to her portfolio. She lives in a society that has about 130 houses and many of them are her customers. She does […]
http://www.subramoney.com/book-written-by-me/ Star Plus is perhaps the greatest cricket expert who has never played for India. Since they know everything about the game, they should be made the non playing captain of the team. Every ball bowled, every word spoken, every catch taken – and of course dropped, every injury is analysed threadbare. Conclusion: Indian bowlers […]
One of the best sales men I know told me “You must watch Rocket Singh” – to me this is not a great advise – my movie watching is very, very little if at all. However I did watch Rocket Singh. I now feel all my ‘friends’ who are not in the sales profession […]
http://www.subramoney.com/book-written-by-me/ After spending 10 years in the ‘profession‘ of training here are some expensive learning: Television is an entertainment source – not an education source. To be good in the media you need to say something interesting / controversial. Largely you can say anything and be sure that it will not come back to haunt […]
Somewhere in the quest for scale individualism goes for a toss. All doctors are urged to think in a particular way by the pharma industry. All Chartered Accountants are part of a body which either guides or prods them to think on same lines..somewhere the independent thinking individual is being smothered if not killed. Look […]