LiC collects money from the small saver. It pays commission ranging from 4% to 40% based on the product that it has sold, the remaining money gets invested. Where does it invest? Well to keep the people happy it invests in Secured Government Securities. Chuckle chuckle who decides the price? Government of India! Does LIC […]
I hope Dr. Khan finds this article useful…Arjuna seek your answers here: Many people have been screaming about real estate as an investment. Well I have nothing against it, except that I do not understand it. Given limited brain power, I would rather not do it, instead of making a mess of the same 🙂 […]
If the CFOs of Tata Steel, Tata Motors, TCS, Indian Hotels came to Mr. Ratan Tata and said we want to set up a mutual fund and a life insurance company how do you think will he react? Most probably he would say we have a mutual fund and a life insurance company so please […]
What does a common man expect from the government? – Create an environment where the Private sector is willing to invest for a decent profit. – Law and Order -External Affairs -Defence -Judiciary – Infrastructure of the type in which the Private sector is too small to invest, or in which the government will (strategically) […]
How stubborn can Central Bankers be? It is surprising – and I am not saying it is easy to be a central banker..just commenting. Inflation in the US and UK are about 5% – if you ask the people living there (increasing ‘consumer confidence’ is inflation assisted). However the Central Banks are refusing to believe […]
Thanks to the media everybody now knows about the NPS. At the end of training sessions people do ask…’Is the NPS suitable for me?”. Well that is a difficult question to answer. Let me tell you for whom NPS is not suitable at all! If you are young: If you are below the age of […]
I had done this post on Moneycontrol long back… Immaterial of whether you are in your 20′s or in your 50′s and you are looking at an investment you should know some of the basics of investing, so here it is. By and large at some stage you must have been approached by some investment […]