Not sure whether I started the trend…but a few days ago I asked this question. In fact I am not even convinced that I should have dematted my dad’s Tisco, Telco, Coromandel fertilisers, Colgate, …etc. but that is done. Clearly I did it because I saw it was way to easy to demateralise shares of […]
Last week I was speaking to a friend who has just retired – and is likely to get a few million in retirement proceeds. Make no mistake she is rich and not really dependent on this amount of money. Her husband earns very well and they are what can be called “upper middle class” by […]
I had done this piece for rediff in 2006. It is relevant today also 🙂 read on… The most important animal in the markets is the pig. It gets slaughtered whether the bulls have a party or the bears have a party. That pig is your lay investor. I am not a doomsday specialist or […]
This is an amazing first hand story in the brokerage business. Once upon a time not long ago I happened to be associated with a stock broker who was the 3rd generation stock market broker. He was the Chairman of a brokerage company which we had floated to become a member of the National Stock […]
Madhu Soman of Reuters writes well – and is a keen watcher of equity markets and real estate (especially in Wadala and Kerala!). He had written an article for REuters – on 16th October, 2008 – and it was subsequently carried in ET.Here are the first 2 paras where Shankar Sharma….read on! “The world of […]
this article appeared in Moneycontrol some time back, but (not surprisingly) not too many people appreciated it. Frankly this is one of the best lessons Independent Financial Advisors can teach their investors. THERE are some word pairs that go hand in hand. When you say one you cant help but think of the other – […]
Last week I was speaking to a cousin who has just retired – and is likely to get a few million in retirement proceeds. Make no mistake she is rich and not really dependent on this amount of money. Her husband earns very well and they are what can be called “upper middle class” by […]