Believe me, buying a financial product is as traumatic as sitting with a doctor and discussing a report saying you have some killing illness. I am connected to many CXOs in the financial services industry and there is perhaps not one brokerage firm that has not offered its services to me. Among other accounts I [...]
January 28th, 2012 | Posted in Personal Finance | 6 Comments
I know one lady whose husband is a graduate working in the Gulf. Typically like every Gulf employee he too is paid better than say an India job, but you really cannot get RICH on a job as a clerk. So her get rich quick schemes have included collecting money for shady chit funds, shady [...]
January 27th, 2012 | Posted in Uncategorized | 4 Comments
I hope Dr. Khan finds this article useful…Arjuna seek your answers here: Many people have been screaming about real estate as an investment. Well I have nothing against it, except that I do not understand it. Given limited brain power, I would rather not do it, instead of making a mess of the same Let [...]
January 26th, 2012 | Posted in Real Estate | 10 Comments
Planning for a secure financial future is a must! It can be done, and is not easy, but is not rocket science either. Maybe you’re saving to buy your first home? Perhaps starting your own business is a dream. The costs of a college education have spiraled and you may wonder how you will [...]
January 25th, 2012 | Posted in Financial Advisor, Financial education, Financial planner, Personal Finance | 8 Comments
how many of you have noticed that the Sensex and the Nifty may have gone nowhere in the past few weeks…but I have seen some explosive growth in: Cholamandalam Finance, EID Parry, Carborundum Universal, Tata Motors, Cummins…. just an observation and back patting myself…. PS: i MAY have a trading position in these shares too… [...]
January 24th, 2012 | Posted in Uncategorized | 12 Comments
Every channel, magazine and blog tells you to buy Term insurance…right? Now the industry is much, much smarter than the customer – so they have come up with many, many variants of term insurance! More about that later…but let us see what gives you comfort: 1. Buy term insurance on the net: it is the [...]
January 24th, 2012 | Posted in Life insurance | 18 Comments