Warren Buffett is known as the richest man in the entire world with a projected fortune of $62 billion. Buffett who started earlier in 1962 with buying shares is now Berkshire’s chairman and CEO and one share of the company’s… Read more
Category: Education
How to invest in Mutual Funds
Some years ago, investing in mutual fund required you to call an agent and invest through him. A form was filled and you obliged with few signatures. This sort of convenience came at a price that agents charged in the… Read more
The Secret Behind Awesome Financial Advisor Value Propositions
What’s a value proposition? In a nutshell, a value proposition is a marketing statement that is used to summarize why someone should buy a product or service. It’s meant to convince a potential customer why a particular product or service… Read more
How to judge a fund’s performance
Looking at the returns of your fund holding today has you worried and fuming. That large-cap fund you thought was stable and had only moderate risk has actually lost you money in the past one year! Is this the cue… Read more
Finished Education, no job!
Finished Education, no job! So! You have a student loan, do you? So many students – aged 23-26 today have a serious problem on their hands -they have a degree which is not bankable, they have a loan taken to… Read more
what are the things that you can/ must learn to keep yourself “employable” ?
The question is – if you are doing your MBA or have done your MBA, what are the things that you can/ must learn to keep yourself “employable” ? Let us look at some skills: Economics: Happily or sadly… Read more
Fresh graduates do not get carried away!
when a fresh graduate in any discipline is looking to a career option, the accounting institutes do not pitch for your attention. The CA institute and the Costing institute do not go to colleges or make any decent attempt to… Read more
What every graduate should know…..part 2…
What every graduate should know…..part 2… here are no hard and fast rules in the world. None. Sachin Tendulkar did not copy Vivian Richards. Nor did he copy Don Bradman. So there are no ‘success rules’ that work for everybody…. Read more
Times are changing….your thinking has to change too
Times are changing….your thinking has to change too Get a good degree, get a job in a government organisation, the government itself or in a psu bank.’ Universally brilliant advise to all girls from mothers. Alas, no longer accurate or… Read more
SIP – The winning recipe to build wealth
More often than not, we tend to believe that building wealth is stocking up cash inside a locker or trying to maintain a positive balance in a savings account. While undoubtedly prudent saving is the first step to building wealth,… Read more