Most us want to invest in the markets, and we seek to invest to maximize returns. This is a rational desire. We are often faced by the paradox – invest broadmarket and be satisfied with average market returns vs cherry picking stock and timing the market with the hope of better than market average returns. The market history shows us that over long periods of time you get a ...
The uninvited guest
How many times you walk into a retail store and a sales person immediately asks you “How may I help you?”. Many stores mandate this from their sales folks – but I say stop this nonsense. Quite often sales people follow you around the store (e.g., most furniture sales people do this) and keep asking you “Are you doing ok?” A sales person needs to be available when needed and ...
“Made in China”
Most products are required by law to display the country of origin e.g., “Made in China”. Indeed there phrases have functional uses like calculating export duties, IP protection, anti-dumping etc. However, they have become a brand by themselves. As with any brand there is a perception & usage e.g., “Made in China” is typically taken to be cheap foreign product & “Made ...
Sell only that which solves your customers problem!
Recently, I was reading a blog post by Allan Young titled “I Can Only Seel What I Like”. This lead me to think deeper and write this post. Often time we find ourselves in situations where we have to sell (a product, an idea, a concept etc) to others that we don’t fully believe in or understand. We run into these situations at work, home and other places. I say “ Sell only that ...
Nokia N900 – My First Impressions
I have been playing with a Nokia N900 for the last 1 day. Here are my first impressions... Package and Hardware The pacakge was very similar to other Nokia N-series devices... I was a little afraid to hold a 181 gram device in my hand - but I was suprising deligted to see it is not as heavy as the number might indicate - it feels good in the hand. I was suprised that this ...