The equity market is like a lion. When you see it take a couple of steps back, it is not to run away, but to spring with great vigor. Ok this may not sound too great, but you may not have heard it anywhere else too! You have been hearing Bill Gross saying ‘Equity […]

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as a writer, blogger, investment adviser, I have searched up and down for a ‘good’ retirement plan. I still do suggest the Templeton India Pension Plan…but at an age over 45 – till then I suggest only a token amount of say 5-10k a month. here Babar Zaidi says something about creating your own plans. […]

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I wrote a post on volatile markets a couple of days back and said: Is the market at a low? can it go to 15,000 – frankly I do not have an answer. today I received a note from Prashant Jain and he has used exactly the same nos. and the same words.. It is […]

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No this is not a simple post on the Oracle of investing…but just clearing the air for some people. Who is WB? He is a brilliant investor. There is no doubt that he has created a lot of wealth for his shareholder. Does it make him the greatest. Well we will discuss that later on. […]

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Many organisations have a designation called the ‘Wealth’ manager. I have often wondered about the enormity of this task. You really have to be a friend of the client and you actually need only about 30-40 clients of good size to make a decent living. How is a wealth manager different from a Financial Planner. […]

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June 6 and 7 (2009) Nehru Centre, Worli, Mumbai, India will see an unique event for the retail investor. Many fund managers – (Nilesh Shah (icici prudential mutual fund), S Nagnath(dsp mutual fund), Madhu Kela (reliance mutual fund), Prashant Jain (hdfc mutual fund), Rakesh Jhunjhunwala (Rare enterprises) – an investor, Sanjoy Bhattacharyya, are all people […]

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I had put this invite in the month of April /May of 2008. This event will be repeated in May / JUne of 2009 also – hopefully year on year every year….read on…. June 7 and 8 (2008) Nehru Centre, Worli, Mumbai, India will see an unique event for the retail investor. Many fund managers […]

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