Predicting is risky, especially if it is about the future. – Anon I said Anon because too many people have attributed it to Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde, etc. And the truth is, I do not know who said this, but it is an awesome statement. Having said that let me predict certain things that will […]

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I am normally a right wing guy….and an out and out capitalist. So if somebody came to me and said ‘should i write the PO exam’ I would scoff at them… Not any more…For those of you who saw the PO Job announced by SBI – 1500 jobs – you will know why. Details: Age […]

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Let us accept some facts early on: There are more bankruptcies than billionaires… We do not have any data about Indian investors, but MORE than agree with Sucheta Dalal and Moneylife that the number of investors have dwindled. This is terrible for the economy, but clearly a regulatory failure. Since we do not know by […]

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    There are many people who come to sell equity schemes…and here is the language they use: 1. Sir ‘Equities have given 20% CAGR in India from 1979 till today including dividends’ – so if you invest in equities for 5 years you will get the same kind of returns. Explanation: Equity returns have […]

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  When you have lived long enough on the planet, you have one great thing – the ability to look back.  Obviously I can look back on investing and can look back about 33 years – when I started. It is also the same age as the relationship with my friend / philosopher / guide […]

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Recently I have been inundated by mails, sms, calls asking for the head of a person who had done a story on how FD returns were better than equity returns over a 20 year period. Now doing data driven stories in India is JUST NOT POSSIBLE. Not possible at all. Why this sweeping statement? Simply […]

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One young fresh MBA girl walked up to me and said ‘I want to get really rich…if you give me just 1% of your wealth, I will be rich’. I said, I will make you rich and teach you to get really wealthy, WITHOUT giving you anything, but by just teaching you…HOW to get rich. […]

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