here is what I said on Cnbc TV…about investing in Mutual Funds…. there were 3 people asking questions…and clearly they were investing nice amounts for long periods of time. I think all 3 did not understand the POWER of compounding. the first caller was investing Rs. 15000 pm for a period of 20 years..and wanted […]

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  The most important requirement for a start up is not just PROFITABILITY, but also the availability of CASH. Cash flow is not the same as profitability – and many businessmen do not realize this. If you are a supplier of material which is not critical for a business, chances are your payment will be […]

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Hi will be answering some Personal finance questions – with Latha Venkatesh on Cnbc Tv 18…. TODAY, FRIDAY, 17TH…AROUND 12.10PM i will be in the studio..may be starting around 12.20…live…      

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Here is a link to the thoughts of Warren Buffet… I more than agree with most of the article…also because I believe it, you could call it affirmative bias. I know people who have made fantastic returns in property trading, gold trading etc. However I do not believe that real estate, bonds, and gold can […]

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It is the time of the year when HR and accounts people chase you for your ‘investing’ proof. So people ask me the following questions: – should I invest in equities? -should I invest in ELSS? or should I invest in bank deposits, nsc or ppf? And worse, some people think they are doing ME […]

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  This is such a catchy headline and completely contradictory to my saying ‘if you do not know what you are going to do with your leisure, do not retire’! Frankly the word ‘Retirement’ means ‘doing what you enjoy rather than doing what you must’. So a retired doctor could still be in practice – […]

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We just saw…part 1 of ‘should I retire at all’…now here are the hassles – or why I have been having these doubts! Here are the reasons: Of course the most important question is “Will my corpus last 4 decades….for me and my wife to survive on”… 1. In India we have NO social security […]

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