George Orwell. Not a name that many of today’s kids are familiar with. This guy George wrote two books – both became famous. One was a satire on Russia – ‘Animal Farm’. The most famous dialogue in that book was ‘All pigs are equal. Some pigs are more equal than others’. Last week (mid Aug) […]
Well if you think your broker hid something from you….well you are partially hide! Also when your broker did not tell you that dealing in derivatives will lead to a quick death…well that is also partially true! The problem is Death Derivatives are something new – and both the above statements are not true for […]
I wish I had joined the mafia – at least everybody would KNOW that I am a bad man! A friend of mine in a high position in a big finance company told me this yesterday! The following are a mix of my views and partly his lament! Having seen Investment banking (I think a […]
I am planning to do a series of articles on how clients get ripped off, this is the first part. The manufacturer – distributor – client is a very funny relationship. It is a tussle where everyone wants to win (as usual) and who ultimately wins is difficult to know except over a long period […]
For a minute forget what the various parts of the financial services industry is telling you. The profitability of this industry seems to be fantastic. Let us take 4 parts of the industry: a. Banking: Over the years the biggest and the richest fortunes have been made by bankers. No doubt about it. Goldman Sachs, […]
The Government of USA provided bank guarantees and actual bail out cash to the financial services system when they were teetering on the verge of collapse. Now happily for every one the warrants are in the money. This means if the government sells the warrants it can make some decent money – nowhere near enough […]
A friend gave me lots of paper saying “My cousins husband has died, she is a nominee will you please transfer all the mutual funds to her name”. I said this is a breeze, will do it. Then started my ‘breeze’. DSP Mutual fund, Idfc, SBi mutual fund, Icici Prudential, J P MOrgan, Franklin Templeton,…his […]