this article appeared in money mantra….as a lead story on inflation. Inflation is perhaps one of the least understood risks in investing. Understanding the power of small numbers is not easy. That is the reason why people find it difficult to understand the impact of compounding too – after all inflation is just negative compounding. [...]
Mr. Awanish of money mantra asked me how much will an SIP of Rs. 5k a month grow to over a 20 year period..I actually do not know..so that is what I said, but said it differently. He published it in the money mantra magazine..for which an electronic copy is not available… there are 2 [...]
On the 1st of Jan 3 wise men came on a television channel and spoke about investing. Obviously they are very wise and they have a role to play when they come on television. One was the head of a big life insurance company, one was the head of a brokerage firm, and one was [...]
http://www.subramoney.com/book-written-by-me/ Here is a complete and full list of books that I like my students to read. Extremely long, and randomly written i hope to write reviews on all these books and it should be available soon. Some of these book reviews have already appeared in the In house magazine of BSE called Sensex. Some [...]
When the mutual fund industry was groaning about the ban on entry loads, the sounds seemed genuine, but not any longer! Why do companies start a mutual fund (big houses in other financial products) we assume they do this to earn money, correct? Well I am not so sure now. The latest giga offer I [...]
It is perhaps the worst nightmare for a living man. Mr. Ghanshyam Rangnekar a billionaire (he was living in a house, he owns another big flat and the sales proceeds of a 3rd flat is lying in his account) is in a coma with nobody to look after him. He is in coma, has nobody [...]