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Question: Your email tied in to a set of discussions I’ve been having recently on the importance of people in our business to have, what I call a “professional belief system”, a set of beliefs that define our professional conduct and our business decisions. In fact I’ve put together a small presentation which I call “Building a Belief System” (see attached). In these discussions, and in this presentation, one of the points I make is that the quality of beliefs depends upon the quality of what we read, hear and experience, and above all, the quality of our analysis of what we have read, heard and experienced.

Question: I have been talking to a couple of my colleagues about Term insurance. However most of them are having a notion that the claim / settlement ratio of most…

Question: The XYZ AMC has come out with a fund for children; ‘The XYZ Children’s Plan’. Do you think this is good fund to invest?

Mr. Gerard Colaco: ‘The XYZ Children’s Plan’ is a good fundNOT to invest in. This is a classic case of how an otherwise good Asset Management Company (AMC)/Mutual Fund can come out with a lousy investment product just to appeal to parental emotions to increase its Assets Under Management (AUM).

Question: In India so far one can invest in Gold in the form of ornaments, coins and bars. One can also invest in Gold Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) in the Secondary Market through Demat and Trading Account. But in ‘XYZ Gold Savings Fund’ one can invest in gold, lump-sum and also go for monthly investment in gold through Systematic Investment Plan (SIP) like in any other equity mutual fund schemes.

Kindly let me have your advice on investing in Gold and XYZ Gold Savings Fund?

Once upon a time in a village, a man appeared and announced to the villagers that he would buy monkeys for Rs. 10.

The villagers seeing that there were many monkeys around, went out to the forest and started catching them.

The man bought thousands of monkeys at Rs. 10 and as supply started to diminish, the villagers stopped their effort. He further announced that he would now buy for Rs. 20. This renewed the efforts of the villagers and they started catching monkeys again.