O M G!! You are saying good things about mutual funds?! This was the reaction of about 40 people I met last fortnight at a ‘pre-wedding’ food party at a Gujarati friends ‘so called’ party. The food was amazing and for a non 5* setting Rs. 1900 per plate was what I thought well, too […]
If you have wondered how the ultra-rich manage their money, welcome to the world of Family offices! Family offices are private advisory firms that serve ultra-rich clients. When a client has a large amount of money to be managed and needs a full fledged infrastructure to do that – a banker, a Chartered Accountant to […]
Why should I hold cash? A very good question which many people keep asking. It is true of individuals, corporations and funds. Well cash is held for 3 main purposes (any Economics tutorial 101 will tell you this): 1. Transactions Motive – to do transactions 2. Precautionary Motive – just in case I need something. […]
As the equity markets have fallen 50% in this calendar year, 2009 markets have to be up! How appealing – and could it be wrong? You bet it can be. I am a little cramped for data – I have the March ending indices and just ran through it. It is not true at all […]