When it comes to buying any asset – I am using it loosely there is a tendency to borrow. Borrowing actually helps you immediately by allowing you to buy beyond your means. The problem with most things we buy is that once we buy it, it ceases to hold any attraction for us. That is […]
How will the markets be? He thought for a little while and said “It will be Volatile” – this answer is at least 100 years old. It was given by J P Morgan. And this answer is true today, and will always be true. After all prices are a function of exchange rate, demand, supply, […]
should u dip into your retirement portfolio to pay for your children’s education? what about their marriage expenses? these are my views http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/wealth/savings-centre/analysis/et-wealth-why-you-should-not-dip-into-your-retirement-corpus-to-fund-your-childs-higher-education/articleshow/45921975.cms
Came back from a Half Marathon of 2015. Called the scmm or the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon, 2015. Last year I did it in 2:14:00 and this year I did it in 2:09:23. On paper this looks good because taking off minutes is not very easy at this level and age. Remember, I age one […]
This is just a continuation from yesterdays post….so i will number it from 7 7. Finance is very simple, however simplicity is out of fashion these days. I heard that like common sense, responsibility, etc. Simplicity was also cremated, and so people require very complex sounding solutions. 8. The IFA who tries to give simple […]
Why do companies fail to do well in business? There are many reasons, but here let me give you my observations: 1. Making a product which NOBODY wants: the management will tell you we were overpriced, we were too early for our times, we did not have the right channel, etc. etc. but largely if […]
Instead of telling you about why resolutions cannot work (mid Jan is too early to dampen your spirits, right)…let me tell you what I have observed about Investors: 1. Out of sheer respect for age, they tell me that they will do something but do not do: When I do a training program in a […]