Two Judges of the Supreme Court have passed the Judgement which has said that there was a 2G scam and have given their reasons. Everybody is happy with the judgement – Prashant Bhushan, Anna Hazare, Raja, NDA, etc. So far so good. Let us see what was (should be?) the government’s role in Infrastructure development? [...]
The Quarter ended – Oct, Nov and Dec 2011 will perhaps see the worst results. This is because this is the Q that will see the full impact of high interest rates, the worst economic data (cause and effect are very difficult to know), bad mood, …etc. When these results are announced, people’s worst expectation [...]
Many of us are likely to live long enough on this planet to need some kind of assisted living. How much exactly does staying in an old age home cost? Frankly I have not done enough research to do such a post, but here is some rudimentary info. You will need to do more research [...]
In this day and age when there are so many advertisements for thirst quenching drinks….why drink water? Every advertisement wants you to drink Pepsi, Coke, Mirinda, Thumbs Up, what have you. Then there are other healthy drinks which have no advertising, but is still very popular – albeit with the lower strata of society. These [...]
If I were Bill Gross, I would have done the same thing….When Bill Gross (the bond Guru?) took a stand that having a bull position in US Governement securities was not a sensible thing to do….I nodded.. He had a big portfolio of government bonds – about 250 billion US $! It is not [...]
We saw how your brain makes you do things which are bad for you as an investor….let us see how to combat it. Importantly, read these aloud and repeat it a zillion times, maybe everyday before you even SEE your portfolio: 1. I will invest in education much before I invest in the markets: Nothing [...]