Disclaimer no. 1: I do not understand commodities. I do not understand technicals. Thus I am perhaps the worst person to be talking about Gold. Having said that, in the last few weeks I have been receiving a lot of emails, sms, etc. suggesting, arguing, cajoling me to buy gold. Not sure whether this is […]
This is a question that is always difficult to answer. The best thing to do is to fully deflect the question! However with a low IQ it is possible to attempt an answer to this! Even though I do belong to the Peter Lynch gang of saying ‘If you have spent 10 minutes thinking or […]
Sunday ka philosophy quota….by the time you read this I would have finished running (people are so cruel, they call it walking when they see me!) the Standard Chartered Mumbai (half) Marthon, 2011…hopefully in good time… There is always an opportunity to help others – and you have no clue from where it can come. […]
Well frankly I do not know whether it is a good time to invest in gold or a great time to get out of gold. But let us look at the obvious reasons to buy or sell. Obvious reasons to buy: 1. The world is busy printing money so value of currencies will fall but […]
this appeared on Utvi when the index was 11,000 or thereabouts… In the latest episode of Smart Money, UTVi’s Vikram Oza interviewd PV Subramanyam who is a Financial Trainer. Is it a common to people stop making investments when times are tough? Subramanyam: When the markets are down, people ask if they can stop their […]
Ayn Rand says “money is the root cause of all good”. Indian philosophy says ‘money increases desire – and like ghee and wood to a fire – increases desire and misery’. Immaterial of whether you take the western view or the eastern view, all of us have at some point chased money, have we not? […]
I have had at least 13 calls asking me a simple question: “Should i sell my units in Dsp Merill Lynch?” and “Should I surrender my TATA AIG policy”. Surprisingly the answers to both the questions are a little different. A mutual fund has 2 distinct parts. One is a Trust – which has all […]