After a particular stage in life you get skeptical about what you read. In the financial services industry, reading an article is important, but reading the byline is perhaps more important. Also knowing why he/she is saying and the tone in which they are saying is also very important. I am not even talking about […]
There is mis-selling in mutual funds. True or False? Frankly I do not know what is mis-selling so I cannot comment. This is what a rational person is supposed to say. But our powerful mandarins say yes, yes…we will legislate against it. Will the SEBI please stand up and come out with a white paper […]
One of the ways of getting financial information – and information about financial products could be the blog. Blogs are thought to be unbiased, but given the force of PR agencies and SEOs influencing blogs and the way people search…blogs may not be such a great souce. Competence among blogs is another major issue. The […]
Long ago – in 2008 SEBI said that you could lend your stocks – made a lot of sense. If you are a promoter or a long only retail investor you could give your shares on ‘rent’ and earn some money. As usual the path to hell is paved with good intentions and SEBI did […]