Only thing about markets is NOBODY knows what will happen in the future. Some of us sound like a genius by saying the same thing again and again. Some other brave fools go to the roof top and say ‘Market will go up 22% this year’ and the market makes them look like fools. However, […]
There are many people who come to sell equity schemes…and here is the language they use: 1. Sir ‘Equities have given 20% CAGR in India from 1979 till today including dividends’ – so if you invest in equities for 5 years you will get the same kind of returns. Explanation: Equity returns have […]
THIS IS AN ARTICLE ….. – By Gaurav Rajput, Director Marketing, Aviva Life Insurance Warren Buffet famously shared, “Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.” Indeed, what he said is true. In order to enjoy the benefits of a rich future, it is essential to start investing […]
The financial services industry is supposedly well regulated. What with Rbi, Sebi, Irda, …the alphabet soup in place, does it help the retail investor. Sorry, is it supposed to help the retail investor? These are the regulators, what happens with the so called ‘shareholders appointed auditor’? Let us take the case of mutual funds. Most […]
India is a savings country. It suits the government very well. Most Indians keep the money in banks, national savings certificates, Kvp. Of course to ‘save’ Income tax they put the money in LIC. When the government gets cheap money it is happy. Of course these days it needs the equity market also has to […]
Remember for all my anti US stance, I still think it is a great country, and will be rich and successful because of a millions of reasons. Of course they have power, money, arrogance, and the ability to think they can control the world’s destiny. However the main reasons why it is likely to retain […]
It is customary for older people to talk about the loose morals of the younger generation, the increased corruption, and lamenting ‘In our times things were not as bad’. Frankly some of the horror stories that I have heard in banking channels makes me wonder, if I have no clue of the eps, why bother […]