Most Hindu kings – or the Kings of Indian origin – acted as a trustee when they managed the kingdom’s money. Even though they were the owners, and theoretically they could do whatever they wanted to do with the money, they managed as though they were to be there permanently. This is easy to believe […]
Here is a rejoinder from a FP…he/she does not want to be named. Subra read your blog, it is good…really good and sums up the situation. Let us look at it from the planner’s point of view. The client does not respect the planner enough (your argument that respect has to be earned is well […]
Goldman Sachs recently invested Rs. 500 million in Facebook – implying a valuation of US $ 50 Billion! Now this can mean many things – let us speculate! 1. Goldman Sachs (GS) genuinely believes that FB has a valuation of $ 50 billion. 2. There is a FB IPO in the offing and GS has […]
The MBA must be a very good degree – there is so much demand and so many colleges are creating them! I am sure all of you MBAs who are reading this will agree I have never spoken about the degree…well, there is always a first time! There are some brilliant solutions that I have […]
Somewhere in the quest for scale individualism goes for a toss. All doctors are urged to think in a particular way by the pharma industry. All Chartered Accountants are part of a body which either guides or prods them to think on same lines..somewhere the independent thinking individual is being smothered if not killed. Look […]
PMS accounts have drawbacks too. For starters, there are all kinds of money managers: good, bad, mediocre, and cheats. Clearly, it’s not worth paying for anything less than the best manager you can find. You cannot also find out who is good and who is not on any unbiased platform. There is no way how […]