Training as a CA has many advantages (and a few disadvantages perhaps). One of the advantages is you get sceptical about numbers, and you get to question conclusions/views drawn from numbers. I remember one life insurance company giving me their settled claims to received claims ratio. Smartly it included maturity claims, investment products, pension plans….suddenly [...]
Whenever the receptionist in our office wears a pink dupatta, equity markets go up by at least 50 points. I have no clue whether you would buy shares based on something like this. However, now I am being offered shares of Talwalkar (the fitness people) priced at a price-earning ratio of 44. The logic? Subra, [...]
Nobody believes that tech stocks can do well in 2010, correct? This comes from 2 fears – US recovery will not be too great and that the dollar may weaken. Let us look at the dollar – it looks like the dotcom boom – when we were all sure that the tech stocks can only [...]
A couple of days ago I gave you a few reasons to buy gold. Here I am giving you a few more reasons. However let me warn you that I do not have any trading interest in gold, but do have an investment interest in a company called Deccan Gold which is the only gold [...]
There are many reasons to buy Gold and hold it. Of course tomorrow I can give you many reasons NOT to own gold also. One reason NOT to own gold is the recent phenomenon in its price. For example if you had invested in gold in 1980 (US $ 590) today it would be worth [...]
Real estate broker: Your house is the best asset that you can expect to create in your life. You can expect it to appreciate well over the long run. What to do: Your home will not appreciate. It is not a wealth creating asset. It will not make you rich. Remember it is an important [...]