a variant of this appeared in www.moneycontrol.com DATE OF ORIGINAL ARTICLE: 2007….NOW we are in 2013….please adjust all dates accordingly… Normally people invest to get returns. No doubt, everyone invests for returns. That magic figure governs the fate of all investment products. The logic in people’s minds is simple: The better the returns, the more […]

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for those who missed the cnbc-nse wealth train program (Allahabad leg), here is the link http://www.moneycontrol.com/video/special-videos/nifty-trade-camp-start-small-investsip_535515.html

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did one chotta program for Nse and Cnbc..at Allahabad Saturday 3.30pm and Sunday 4.30pm (Same program, repeated) …if u are near a TV set and there is no re-re-re-replay of the Indian world cup victory…please watch… sheer ego makes me put this post. Not very sure that you will benefit by watching, my ego will […]

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If you are in the financial services industry you would have heard some whispers..that something big happened. Then murmurs..then rumors…but here is the full story… http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/features/what-really-happened-at-aditya-birla-money_500993.html

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The blurring lines between what is media and who is selling a product is really painful for the end user.  Let us say I was running a website (and my income came from the number of people coming to my site, a.k.a. advertising) I have to say certain things.Imagine a website which says nasty things […]

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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 […]

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There is an alphabetic soup in the financial qualifications – and there are many animals out there. Most first time investors (and some veterans too) are legitimately confused about their role so here is a lesson 101: Financial planner: supposed to know everything about you PERSONALLY so actually called ‘personal financial planner’ who helps you […]

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