A little reform, a lot of talk   Dhirendra   Kumar |  Oct 26, 2012
By themselves, the so-called reforms don’t mean much, but coupled with global liquidity they could give investments a boost

Investing and Innumeracy   Dhirendra   Kumar |  Oct 25, 2012
A political gaffe points to widespread innumeracy--something that leads many of us to bad investment decisions...

Corruption and Your Finances   Dhirendra   Kumar |  Oct 22, 2012
Scams concerning land directly appear to hit people’s savings and investments in a way that telecom and coal can never do...

Demographic Dividend or Demographic Penalty?   Dhirendra   Kumar |  Oct 17, 2012
Allowing 26 per cent FDI in pensions is a cosmetic announcement that won’t contribute to solving India’s looming retirement benefits problem

Goal-Oriented Portfolios   Dhirendra   Kumar |  Oct 15, 2012
Figuring out whether your investments are doing the job becomes possible only when you divide them into separate goal-oriented portfolios

RGESS may not be perfect, but it’s good enough   Dhirendra   Kumar |  Oct 12, 2012
The Rajiv Gandhi Equity Savings Scheme has been operationalised. It’s a modest tax-saver and a little complex to use, but it could do the job of introducing first-timers to equity investing

The Value of Warren Buffett   Dhirendra   Kumar |  Oct 10, 2012
Yet another attempt to explain Buffett’s success analyses his numbers but fails to detect his real value to the investment world

FSLRC Floats a Great Idea, but is Soft on Banks   Dhirendra   Kumar |  Oct 08, 2012
The financial reforms committee’s approach paper recommends combining all regulators but doesn’t go far enough on reigning in banks

Reforming the Reforms   Dhirendra   Kumar |  Oct 05, 2012
It’s hard to maintain too much optimism about a sudden frenzy of reforms that should have been done years ago

Danger in Deregulation   Dhirendra   Kumar |  Oct 03, 2012
The deregulation of investment products must proceed ifit’s good for customers, and not just to increase investments in the economy.

Making the Right Choice   Dhirendra   Kumar |  Sep 28, 2012
The most important point is not which fund but who you are.

Advisors, Investors and Regulators   Dhirendra   Kumar |  Sep 27, 2012
SEBI’s latest reforms will lead to a painful period of adjustments & change the way funds are run & invested in…

A Weak Medicine for Gold Fever   Dhirendra   Kumar |  Sep 26, 2012
The government might be considering a gold deposit scheme. It shouldn't succeed and it won’t

Flights of Fancy   Dhirendra   Kumar |  Sep 24, 2012
That as unlikely an object as a ugly, large flightless Australian bird could become the centre for a financial scam shows the depth of gullibility in India

MFs and ETFs add colour to RGES   Dhirendra   Kumar |  Sep 21, 2012
MFs and ETFs add colour to RGES