A friend sent me a long list of life insurance policies that he had. It was only long – and literally carried no weight. None of the life insurance was bought because he needed insurance. The people who sold him policies were his doctor’s wife, his wife’s aunt, a colleague, a bank Relationship manager – […]
Normally there are a few times when people are serious about their goals: When they are trying to lose weight (I am talking about the serious guys n gals) When they are trying to write an exam (you know a 6 month effort can impact your NEXT 60 years!) When they are trying to meet […]
Was wondering what are the few sentences that a person should be taught to be in the financial media business. Here are a few: As we had said earlier, the market is now decoupled. Even though the markets went down yesterday in US Indian markets have gone up. Indian markets have gone down, in keeping […]
After a particular stage in life you get skeptical about what you read. In the financial services industry, reading an article is important, but reading the byline is perhaps more important. Also knowing why he/she is saying and the tone in which they are saying is also very important. I am not even talking about […]
I am really surprised when people ask me ‘Are we in a bull run?’ Why ask – Of course we are in a bull run. Collapse of a few economies in the world – in the middle east. The European crises – Portugal, Spain, Greece, UK…well not in that order, but you get the drift […]
The CWG was held in India from 3rd October. It is a big and prestigious event in which many things had gone wrong. However the way the media is screaming its lungs about how everything is wrong in India and everything is right all over the world is a little (or a lot) sickening. I […]
There are many ways of getting rich. The quickest way is to sell something that you can buy for Re. 1 and sell it for Rs. 500. Then create a sales force which sells it for a 10% commission. The better the quality of sales force the greater will be your profits. The more such […]