Invest like Warren Buffett

How many people have told you this: “Invest like Warren Buffett”. Excellent piece of advice, now how I wish it were possible. Let us get the facts right, WB is NOT the world’s greatest fund manager. He is not the world’s most charitable person. He is not….there is a whole list of what he is [...]

Goldman Sachs.. at its best

you build up a company, then you want to sell the company. who do you go to? a big Investment / Merchant banker? For him you are small change (obviously with million dollar bonuses, if your fees is ONLY 5 million dollars..) In Indian conditions, it must be worse of course. read on how YOU [...]

Goldman Sachs, Mckinsey, Rajat Gupta….

Ethics and Morality have been the first casualties in this era…so ‘respect’ sounds alien, does it not? Rajat Gupta was not trying to be anything different from a small revenue department clerk – trying to make an extra buck. People like Rajat KNOW what they are doing is wrong. Make no mistake. They are too [...]

Meltdown of 2008..well written article

In 2008, GE was desperately calling the US Finance secretary to say ‘we are about to default’ AiG was bailed out so that Goldman Sachs could be saved AiG was paying its traders (hold your breath 30% of Revenue) for bringing deals, mind you not a %age of profits, but gross revenue JP Morgan, Morgan [...]

Risks in Unit Linked Plans

  Recently when a friend asked me what are the risks in unit linked plans…I said Well Max New York Life has started a campaign saying “Our agents are different”..well I wish they say this to the client BEFORE the client signs up: Sir the following risks exist in a Unit linked Plan: 1. Buying [...]

Greg Smith’s resignation letter: Lessons from Goldman Sachs

What Greg Smith said in his resignation letter about GS is not a surprise, is it? How many of you were ‘surprised’ at the tone or the content of that letter? Not sure how this is as a career move for him, but I guess it will work. He will be snapped up by many [...]