I have referred to investment risk very many times in the past. This is a really scary risk in the Indian context NOW, as the inflation rates are sky rocketing. What exactly is Inflation risk? Inflation risk is the danger that an increase in price levels (normally for a sustained period of time) will […]
No, not one more post about eating and investing, just a cut n paste of an article by Deepa Gopalan Venkatraghvan …about Kerala Veg food… Had a chat with her about Thirunelveli Veg food…and its range. Most of these foods can be made healthy and nice…read on it is just a kind of enumeration of […]
About 12 years ago she came to me for investing her money. She is a well educated woman, has a smart daughter – and there is no man in her life. She is divorced, her father died about 7 years ago and she does not have a son. I am saying all this because when […]
What is so scary about retirement? The big worry that you will run out of money before you die. Rather you OUTLIVING your money. Is it a fear? I think it is a nightmare especially for those who do not have assets which they are NOT USING, children not doing well, and those women who […]
Books, music, etc. are priced differently for different countries. This has been the norm for a very long time. Text books which are very expensive in the US or UK are available in India at eye catching prices. So can you buy in India and sell in the US? technically the answer is yes. Amazon […]
There is not enough literature or education of how to handle your portfolio during your withdrawing phase. This is obvious – there is no money to be made withdrawing from your portfolio. There is a lot of money to be made while you accumulate it, but NIL when you are withdrawing it. Fair enough, right. […]
For the past one year Mutual funds are falling over themselves to please the bankers. However it is not having a great impact on the net sales. For many mutual funds, the ‘net sales’ figure by the big banks is NEGATIVE figure. When you talk to a banker however they are not so negative, and […]