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Would you pay 65% commissions?

Some people do, it seems – to buy this Birla Sunlife ULIP – the first year policy premium allocation charge is 65% for a 15 year plan. The net ...

Dec 01, 2007

The "Subprime" Problem Means All Of Us.

In an excellent post titled “What is Subprime?”, Tanta at the Calculated Risk blog talks about what “subprime” is, how it seemed to ...

Nov 26, 2007

Dividend Reinvestment In TaxSaver Funds: A No-No

A very large number of us, me included, have invested in ELSS funds (Taxsavers). All investments in these funds are locked in for three years. Some of us, me ...

Nov 15, 2007

The SEBI note and why FIIs are creating a fuss

Firstly, sorry for being silent the last two days. Life’s been hectic. Let’s see a little more into what this whole SEBI rule is about, which has ...

Oct 18, 2007

The Big Bang

…has happened? The Sensex crashed over 400 points after coming close to the elusive 18,000. Today’s cause for concern is political instability. As ...

Oct 09, 2007

Anchoring Bias, Survivor Bias and Hindsight Bias

Deepak says: I entered RNRL at 29-30 levels and am still holding. I dont play pure momentum plays and this was my first. While I am still moving from booking ...

Oct 02, 2007

Featured Comment: Planning for term insurance early

Many commenters on this blog post excellent comments and I’ll try to feature some of them as we go along. An interesting question by Abhijit on my ...

Sep 26, 2007

Commentary that affects the market

Lots of ups, downs, and sideways things happening in the broad market. Some news: FIIs are selling. FIIs have sold more than 8500 crores this month, till ...

Aug 23, 2007

Managing your portfolio yourself

Does it pay to be actively involved with your investments? Rohit posted his comments on my earlier post (“Build Leverage“), and Prem has noted this ...

Aug 17, 2007

All that glitters is not gold, Quantum

Quantum Mutual fund says they are a “different” kind of fund. They have no distributors (you must buy from them or from Personalfn or Equitymaster, ...

Aug 13, 2007

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