Sir I have Rs. 100,000 to invest, what should I do? Want to invest for 7 years… Answer: In such turbulent times you should not invest in an equity scheme. So please invest this money in a clutch of balanced fund – Franklin Templeton Balanced fund, Reliance..fund (do not remember which), Hdfc Prudence fund, and […]

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Could XBRL have helped in detecting frauds? Well the answer is a little complicated. Let me put it this way. If the Company Law Rules said a director should not be reappointed if he has already been a director, and you file a Form 32 in xbrl, within 2 minutes of filing you will get […]

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I have a reliance mobile number (CDMA) – and have numerous complaints about people unable to reach me. Was wondering am I alone or all service providers just as bad…and what is the procedure for shifting from Reliance (cdma) to some other provider….. happy to have your feedback…

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I can choose the headline first and then fit the story! Confirmatory bias we call it. If i decide to do the following stories, I can : 1. Sell Infrastructure funds, they have underperformed 2. Buy Infrastructure funds, they have underperformed, but now they will start performing 3. We need infrastructure so buy infra stocks […]

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Seen some fantastic stories on the mutual fund industry. There is only one problem, you cannot drill down from the story…if you do that, you will quickly find ‘page not found’. See some typical terminology ‘There is rampant mis-selling in the mutual fund industry – and this should stop’. So out of sheer curiosity you […]

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Well none of us know what next…but let us look at the crystal ball: – we all knew that there were scams. Some have come out, many have not yet. – a scam eruption HAS to by definition bring the markets down – as an acknowledgment of the eruption. – markets could remain low / […]

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We all know who writes columns of lies, lies and honest lies, so here is a dig… Look at the Quantum Mutual fund advertisements which appeared in the national press. The advertisement says “we have eliminated distribution commission…” so your money works for you. There are 2 types of charges that a customer pays in […]

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