Everybody and his uncle and aunt wants to talk about the great Indian entrepreneur..and how he is great. Well he is not great, he is generally s…ed. If he had a choice he would be in a happy government job, assured of an indexed pension, take leave to see the country…and generally be counting his […]

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Taking off from the earlier post..I am not sure whether the interest rates have peaked. One look at the dynamic and income opportunity funds also proves what I say. Fund managers are also divided on whether interest rates have peaked. Frankly I do not care I do not have too much of a debt portfolio. […]

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Amazing how Sebi even under Mr. Sinha is trying to increase costs for the Mutual fund industry’s investor… there is no doubt that the mutual fund industry is suffering from the after effects of Mr. Bhave and Don Quixote. However when Mr. Sinha came the industry was (perhaps) hoping for some relief. Well what has […]

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Many people send me their portfolio and ask me to review it. These are the tell tale signs of a losing portfolio: 1. People who brag about their ‘success’ : One person who was so proud of his investment in one particular scheme. He said it had given him a 32% CAGR over the past […]

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This is not the first time that I am doing a post saying ‘why people lose money in equities’ – nor will it be the last! Of course there are many reasons, here is an attempt to find some of them: 1. Over-Confidence: It is quite shocking to see how people over estimate their ability […]

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People are willing to pay millions of rupees for their Children’s education. Now this has to be tapped by somebody. So every politician has set up a college – true in almost every state. Now these colleges owned and run by goons need students. Easier to get students from Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, UP, …so […]

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For a minute forget what the various parts of the financial services industry is telling you. The profitability of this industry seems to be fantastic. Let us take 4 parts of the industry: a. Banking: Over the years the biggest and the richest fortunes have been made by bankers. No doubt about it. Goldman Sachs, […]

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