This article has been repeated…to say that inspite of the so called markets being down this still holds…and the last line is a new addition – a link to Deepak’s site… Over the last 7-10 years you could have heard the following comments: 1. Only banks can give home loans and make money: After all […]
Germany decided to bail out Greece – or rather joined the bandwagon of ‘Greece bailout helpers’. In its heart perhaps the Germans know (knew) that this is not a great deal after all. Of course the market had to tell the German government what it thought. So the market started selling Government bonds. The Government […]
So should you invest directly in equities? Well here are some risks that I can see in the market today. Thought I should share it with you: Risk No. 1: No fund manager is talking about interest rates going up. Ben Bernanke who thinks all problems can be solved by keeping interest low will have […]
I have seen this industry since its inception in the private sector. Should I say second birth? Perhaps yes. So here is some nostalgia…..Who are the stakeholders and what are their views: Employees: The employees should be divided into two classes – those who joined in 2001 and those who joined in 2008 and later. […]
Frankly this blog has not done enough justice to share good ways to save money while spending it! So here are a few thoughts (nothing original, I assure you). You must have heard it in some form or the other. Some ideas are so old that it is being touted as new in the USA. […]
The general consensus among big bankers and fund managers is that NTPC is a good buy. I am not here to say whether it is a good buy or not. In fact personally I hold enough NTPC in the family portfolio to be happy about the consensus view. However this article is about NTPC as […]
Thanks to my training back ground and having written the book ‘Retire Rich: Invest Rs. 40 a day’ I have done some workshops on ‘Retirement Planning’ at various locations. There is one question which I HAVE TO ANSWER: ‘How much money as a corpus do I need to retire?’ – and if I say Rs. […]