Online brokerages are claiming to charge really low commssions. But these are useful only for big traders as a market insider found out, looking at the fine print

After a flat launch of Kotak Flat, it was the turn of ICICI direct.Com, supposed to be the largest online broking company, to take guard against the coming mega launch of Reliance’s R-Trade real flat brokerage. Barely two weeks...

WiFi is very convenient but security is a major issue

At Mumbai’s Welingkar College it is normal for students to work anywhere with notebooks on their knees because the entire management school environment is on WiFi. Ditto for many business schools, offices and software parks. You are not quite with it if you don’t have WiFi. It is only going to get more important as the much hyped...

In the rat race to garner size, mutual funds pamper distributors at the expense of investors. Here is how to beat them at their game

Recently, a mutual fund distributor approached me with a pitch to subscribe for a New Fund Offering. It was vaguely labelled and no different from any open-ended growth fund. The distributor did not know much about me, so I decided to play along. I asked him...