1. the 3G scam 2. many fertilizer scams 3. food grains – procured poor quality grains at very high prices. Now rotting 4. DGCA scam 5. Can get any loan for any amount from a PSU bank scam what is common to all these scams is simple. There is one babu who has a secured […]

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Goldman Sachs recently invested Rs. 500 million in Facebook – implying a valuation of US $ 50 Billion! Now this can mean many things – let us speculate! 1. Goldman Sachs (GS)  genuinely believes that FB has a valuation of $ 50 billion. 2. There is a FB IPO in the offing and GS has […]

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If you tell students in life you get what you deserve, or what you choose, they look at you like you are from Mars! Imagine a kid coming to me and saying ‘I want to be an equity analyst’ what should I do? Well the answer is simple – start collecting balance sheets and start […]

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Those of whom who watched Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) would have seen a guy coming from a Rs. 1 crore prize money to Rs. 3.2 lakhs in  a jiffy! It is an amazing story of luck vs. skill. I keep telling this to my class – if you are standing in the Melbourne pitch with […]

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In one of those financial planning classes somebody asked me this question. It is quite an easy question to answer, but a difficult answer to understand. For different people it means different things. If you wish to own a Mercedes having a spare Rs. 80 lakhs to buy and Rs. 50,000 per month to spend […]

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