Oh no this is not in the Indian context, but when you use Google to tag some stories…you do hit on some interesting stories. A few days back Balakrishnan had written a page on the Moneylife site why you should buy from a bank relationship manager. I said chuckle, chuckle. Had neither the intent, willingness […]

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Frankly I do not know whether gold is an investment at all. Over longer periods of time it has been a preserver of value rather than a grower of value. It is not backed by cash flows – you have to find a greater pessimist (only when you believe that there is going to be […]

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The frankest answer is I do not know. However I do train lots and lots of people so the easiest thing is to pick a phone number and give it to you. Or even worse put a few numbers on my blog / site. Well I do none of these..instead here are some suggestions (some […]

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this post is being repeated. Had posted it earlier for a few hours…but was removed..because there was some more important ‘breaking news’ story…so it is coming up again… A few days ago I did a training for a Wealth Management Company. Not too keen to mention client names..but it was a high quality client and […]

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I had done this post long ago..sometime in July, 2009, when I met Prakash Mundhra for a Television discussion with Prakash Mundhra..about his investments. Today I am repeating this post…’cause it is worth reading about 🙂 Normally the MBAs I meet are the ones who start looking for a job by the time they are […]

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The net has made life easy – you can find everything on Google, buy everything on eBay, pay for everything by using ‘Easy-pay’. And if you do not know how to do it, go to Google and ask ‘how to buy ….well..er a spaceship’ or ‘how to have a heart surgery’..of course for the more […]

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What sensational results this Auto Giant has produced! Hats off to Ratan Tata. If you want the numbers go to www.myiris.com, moneycontrol…..etc. here is just the philosophical analysis! I have a couple of research reports -saying sell @ 170. No I do not want to name the research houses, but I know exactly what went […]

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