Many companies are today in some kind of trouble. It is fashionable to cut something or the other in the name of a slowdown – so right from the toilet paper to sugar in the coffee everything is under some scrutiny. However, it is difficult for many CEOs to cut salaries and bonuses. So even […]
continuing the myth busting on rent vs. buy …. “Renting is for poor people.” Of course renting is for poor people – very much true. But it’s for rich people, too. I know if I name some of the people who live in rented houses – with their designations some of you might torch me. […]
If you have been following my blog, you may have seen more articles about ‘renting vs. buying’ here is the next instalment. “If I buy a house, I get a tax break.” Business men also get tax breaks when they make losses or incur expenses! As do share buyers, – all are bad deals! The […]
http://www.subramoney.com/book-written-by-me/ I am sure all of you know the cap seller and the monkey story. So why am I telling you the same story again? No this is not the same story, it has a twist. A capseller was looking for a place to rest in a forest. He found a nice big tree and […]
If you have followed my posts regularly you would have seen my posting regarding owning or renting your house..to which I have received violent protests. Here I am replying to the protests… “Own houses can be bigger than rented ones.” That is funny. You can rent a bigger apartment can you not? Most renters live […]
The word risk is difficult to define. Just for this article I will define it as the ‘ability to lose capital’. Assuming this is the definition of risk, can you answer “how much risk can a person take?” For most relationship managers who have learnt ‘risk’ from high sounding professors (who have never met a […]
Thanks to Satyam, now independent directors are all asking for a one-to-one meeting with the statutory auditors. One satutory auditor I know, told the board, sorry “I did not check the cash on hand” – and the board insisted that petty cash (in 47 locations) should be checked immediately. This is what is called being […]