It is very difficult to be in the PMS (Portfolio Management Services), Mutual fund business, Broking, Investment banking, …at some stage there is a conflict. There is a conflict between pricing an issue for the IPO and for the customer. What do you do when the promoter of a small company asks you to handle [...]
Markets fell by 240 points yesterday and has fallen 230 points already today. For people like us markets means sensex! Markets are driven by 3 factors – Earnings of the companies, the future expectations (price-earning ratio) and the liquidity in the market. In the current market earnings are at their peak – the next couple [...]
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 [...]
So SEBI has one more work for mutual funds. They are supposed to be the conscience keepers for corporate India. Good news. Next they may be asked to get a ‘good behavior’ certificate from unit holders – saying I will redeem them only for legitimate purposes. I will not use the proceeds for buying a [...]
For many generations we have believed what we own (i.e. items on which we are allowed to put our names) are our assets, and monies that we owe are our liabilities. It took Robert Kiyosaki to tell us that assets that put money in our bank are our real assets – equity shares, rental property, [...]
Inflation story continued……… Psychological Impact of inflation is quite harsh on the investors and savers. Economic theory says when inflation is high, people will tend to spend more – because there is no incentive to save. This is true to a very limited extent. Most people get so scared that they start saving more and [...]