PSU companies make profits only if: – they have a monopoly – price is controlled or quantity is regulated – the market is very unfair – there is so much profit that all companies make profit. PSU banks fall in the 4th category! The government owns about 25 banks – and it has no reason […]

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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 […]

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I have been bursting crackers now for a few decades and obviously have some ‘cracker’ wounds, but nothing serious. About 3 years back my daughter’s teacher told her “when you go to burst crackers you should carry a bucket of water…just in case…” So in the first year my daughter carried water on the first […]

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