About the Book : – To most people retirement is an age. It of course depends on your health, the company you work for etc. However in the first chapter I would like to introduce you to the concept that retirement is an amount of money! After all, if you have that magical amount why […]
http://www.subramoney.com/book-written-by-me/ I started the previous post by saying that my portfolio has the benefit of one of the finest wealth managers in the country. So the mistakes here are completely mine. If he had a chance I would not have bought any of the following shares. Trusting the Chairman / CEO of a company: No […]
http://www.subramoney.com/book-written-by-me/ A few days ago I wrote a post saying why I sold most of my shares in a south based sugar company. It was scary when Rahul Gandhi said – some of the losses have to be borne by the mills if the farmers have to benefit. Politicians can keep prices very different from […]
http://www.subramoney.com/book-written-by-me/ What is a repo transaction? Every MBA student knows the word ‘Repo’ – however if you drill down and ask for its full form or what it means…you are in trouble! So here is what an MBA student (Finance major) can say when confronted with the question – What is a repo transaction? RE […]
http://www.subramoney.com/book-written-by-me/ The last decade was perhaps the most difficult in my investment life of 3 decades. I am happy I survived – thanks to a fantastic investment advisor who like wine is maturing with age. There of course have been mistakes and big ones – happily there have been learnings. And like the Englishmen […]
http://www.subramoney.com/book-written-by-me/ Happy Sankrant, Happy Pongal, Happy Lori……in short if you are from the West of the country, North of the country, or South of the country, happy new year!! For the Tamilians, Puthandu Nal Vazthugal…!! Continuing yesterdays post…assets that protect you against inflation…. Real Estate Traditionally real estate has been considered a very effective hedge […]
The easiest way to protect a portfolio from inflation is to buy assets that will benefit from inflation. Below are a few of them. Gold Gold is seen as a classic inflation hedge. However in India over the last 30 years it has not been a good hedge against inflation. Another issue with gold is […]