Internationally as well as Nationally it is now well known that meditation is playing an important role in fund management. Either it is a confirmatory bias – I know more people in the BFSI space so more stories are reaching me, or that meditation itself is getting very popular. Whatever it is, meditation seems to […]

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There are many reasons why a person should not (need not, will not…whatever) buy life insurance at all: (please note this is written tongue in cheek and some naive readers should not take it seriously) This is just to take a dig at the excuses that people give…   Life insurance is one of those […]

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To be successful you need to have tremendous Self Image. Now the line between self image, self worth and ego is not easy to draw. So one has to keep learning…. When a kid joins corporate India – he/she could get mauled by a boss with a huge ego. The kid has to know when […]

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The government keeps talking about Inflation Indexed bonds – we are not clear when it will come. We have no clue as to how it will be structured in India. However this is how it should work if they do a cut and paste from the US – TIPS is the US product. Principally this […]

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Let me start by quoting Lord Keynes. He said ‘Of course I change my stand. When I get new data, I change my mind – what do you do Gentlemen?’ After spending a few years in college, and then3 decades in dealing with wealth instruments, intermediaries, manufacturers, banks, trainers and most importantly customers there is […]

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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 […]

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A couple of days ago I did a post saying ‘Earning well but poor part 1’, now here is a sequel… 6. You rely on others to take care of your money: A classmate who is a relationship manager in a bank, or a friendly uncle, or …..hardly matters who. It is nice to say […]

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