Many kids in their 20s are serious about their career. Sadly many, many more are not. The reasons for this are not far to seek. Many of them have been told that it is all right to keep wondering what to do in your 20s. Not true at all. I know of one boy who […]
For all those who think that ‘Buy and Hold’ is an easy investment strategy, welcome to this post. This is one of the toughest strategjes to implement. If you think you can buy some shares that are currently being touted on Cnbc everyday and like Rip Van winkle wake up after 20 years, you are […]
If statistics are to be believed about 70% of the Engineers and MBAs of the class of 2011 are still looking for a job. Now about a Million kids of 2012 will be added to this pile of ‘Qualified Job Seekers’. Well most of them will graduate and continue to depend on their parents for […]
Most of the ‘average’ students today do an MBA and get a degree. Now this could be from a great college, a good college, a bad college or a downright stupid college. Let me tell you the salaries that were being offered for these graduates. It is really appalling. For example I remember that there […]
Somewhere in the web world is fantastic CV of a man the world loves – that of Dr Manohan Singh! There seems to be no question about his integrity, his intelligence, simplicity, etc. However, this does not mean he need not stand up to people who are benefiting from his silence! The scams did not […]
So today the market went up by 400 points – many financial services companies went up by a huge number. Hdfc which was Rs. 3000 pre-split opened at Rs. 610…now it is at Rs. 655. So as is wont….you ask…and they say ‘The financial services industry is booming’. If you have been in the industry […]
Once upon a time not very long ago the MD of a company (who had never been in a sales function) was making a presentation. At this presentation he would put the Customer on top….and tell the world that the whole organization existed for the customer. Obviously in this diagram of hierarchy he would be […]