What is a ‘Blue Chip’ A blue chip is a nationally recognized, well-established and financially sound company. Blue chips generally sell high-quality, widely accepted products and services. Blue chip companies are known to weather downturns and operate profitably in the… Read more
Warren Buffett’s 10 Ways to Get Rich
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
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
Complete Guide on Service Tax
Complete Guide on Service Tax Service tax is a tax payable on services provided by the service provider. Similar to excise obligation, which is payable on goods fabricated, service tax is payable on the services provided. Service tax is payable… Read more
Complete Guide on TDS
Complete Guide on TDS Some investors still seem to be baffled by the concept of TDS (Tax Deducted at source) and its relation to taxation. Though a very simple concept, the investors get confused if TDS is nicked from their… Read more
Mutual Fund Systematic Investment Plans (SIPs)
We have all heard of the term Systematic Investment Plan, more commonly known as SIPs very frequently. In any finance website or magazine, if you read an article about Mutual Funds, the term SIP will come up Invariably. I too… Read more
Market and experts
The same experts who in 2007 said markets are fairly priced at 21000 are saying it is overpriced at 18400. Are they wrong or is the market wrong? Last week Shankar Sharma said he likes auto stocks. He was particularly… Read more
Bad news for old portfolios…
The people with old portfolios – some of them in their ’80s is coming from a completely unexpected source (that is what risk is supposed to be, is it not?). My parents lost Cadbury, Kodak, Hoganas, ITW Signode, …significant shares… Read more
Why people lose money in equities?
This is not the first time that I am doing a post saying ‘why people lose money in equities’ – nor will it be the last! Of course there are many reasons, here is an attempt to find some of… 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