Not sure whether all the readers know / understand / appreciate in writing a book or a blog. So I thought I should share some thoughts at least: 1. No clue about the audience: I have NO clue at all about who reads my blog. Even if I know some names, I have no clue […]

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Fund Managers need stories to sell the fund to the investor. Will they ever, ever say sell equity funds and wait in liquid funds? No. Will they sell equities and wait in cash on your behalf. NO. They cannot and should not. This is exactly where a PMS can step in. However I would recommend […]

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  This may sound very simple, but then simple things which we think are common sense need to be told…right? So what are the 4 crucial factors that determine your retirement corpus amount? Well if you do not know, here are the 4 factors: 1. How much you invest:  Many people think that they know […]

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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 […]

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http://www.subramoney.com/finance-for-non-finance-people-workshop/ Fee based Investment counseling is the cure to all problems, so say the Learned Men. They ought to be correct, because all channels are also saying it. Now I met a ‘Good Intentions’ – we will only do what is good for the client financial planning company. They wanted their ‘planners’ to be able […]

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When you see news items like IPO subscribed 40 times, or 200 times do you wonder how? Or when L&T finance debentures at 8.5% p.a. gets subscribed, do you wonder why? The answer is very simple. Merchant bankers are a nice small clique who also run PMS schemes. So when the ‘Investment Bank’ goes to […]

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I have not been able to answer this question for myself – forget answering this question for others. There are 2 big company CEOs who constantly have their portfolios reviewed by me – the equity portion of it. One of them is in financial services. There are 3 fund managers who talk to me at […]

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