Here is your chance to attain Financial Independence…A book Reading session on ‘Retire Rich: Invest Rs. 40 a day’ by Deepa Venkatraghavan Editor Moneycontrol.com At Season’s Hotel, Aundh, Pune At 10.30 to 12.30 pm. On 15th August, 2010, India’s Independence Day! Deepa is also the author of ‘What your agent will tell you and you […]

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It is quite amazing to see how far away most of the media people are regarding the reality – especially in financial planning. Yesterday while flipping channels..i saw about 2-3 minutes of a program which was ‘discussing’ giving ‘Power of Attorney’. These are the things that I heard: – be careful to whom you are […]

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Not getting into too much of detail about what Ayn Rand said in Atlas Shrugged..but the dialogue is worth reading. Google and find it please. She says in many of her articles that people who are goons have no respect for money and they will take it away from you. Now one easy way of […]

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Normally resolutions are made at the beginning of the year or on a birthday…however here are some resolutions that an investor can take / do any time: 1. I promise to reduce mutual fund costs: If you are in a diversified mutual fund which charges 2.5% (max) shift to some scheme which charges less (say […]

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The Golden Rule of Investing is that the Man with the Gold Makes the Rules of Investing. You have to remember this rule – because this article is about REBATING. Rebating is illegal in India – it means if I ask you to invest in a life insurance policy, general insurance policy or a mutual […]

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No, I am not saying this as a joke. Just imagine doing anything in this country is tough. Those of you who were around may remember Vasanth Sathe being criticised by the Left (the Left and Mamta have opposed everything including NPS) for suggesting we should have colour tv. The media also joined in (as […]

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this is of course the theme of my book…actually somebody suggested say ‘under $ 1 a day’…. on Saturday (7th) and Sunday (8th) – 5pm watch Cnbc Awaaz – I am talking with Gaurika Chaudhari about the power of investing such a small amount BUT OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME…it is a program on […]

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