Many people ask me – can you suggest some good books to read. I look at the person and am able to quickly decide in which category do they fall: 1. To impress me: I hold no post, I command no army, I cannot win any election, I do not have a hold over any […]
A few days ago I had done ..a post called Investment lies that you have been told. Was not sure whether I could find enough..but here is a second set..I think it can go on for a few days. Would love it if people told me WHY I think it is a lie..some of them […]
Mr. Jeremy Grantham predictor of many events in the past is predicting a crash in 2011. I am not sure whether Jeremy is right or wrong, whether there will be a crash in 2011. There could be a crash in 2012… The argument that he has put forward in his interview with cnbc’s Maria Bartimoro […]
Let us break some myths: 1. SEBI is here to protect the small investor: Well tried! Nobody is here to protect the small investor, but to keep the small investor a facade has to be created. So along with MCA, ROC, IRDA, CLB, ..one more body was needed to complete the alphabetic soup so the […]
this is a very good answer – financial planners are normally afraid to tell the clients – “No man can tell whether he is rich or poor by turning to his ledger. It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has.” […]
Originally appeared in Moneycontrol…..long back… 7 money lessons to teach your kids Tell your kids, ‘Money is the root cause of all good!’ Of course, the line is from Ayn Rand. We are in a vacation – Winter vacation as it is called in India. But with all this exam, vacation, exam, unit test, one […]
There are some people who do not think about their future…and there are some who think too much about their future. Normally advisers wish and hope that people think about the future..and do a lot of those ‘right’ kind of things. However some people expect the planner to be too accurate about the future! Imagine […]