It is customary for people to give sane advice- if you have a kid, the kid should have a PPF account. This advice makes very little sense. First of all most of the people I meet today invest far, far more in a year than the max possible amount of Rs. 70,000 in a PPF […]
If you have wondered what are soft commissions here is the answer. There are some legitimate expenses and some not so legitimate expenses. Soft commissions are what sales people call ‘entitlements’. It could be in the form of a contest – the top 100 winners go on an all paid trip to South Africa, Goa, […]
I have myself written many times about how to get rich and such other topics. Now I am myself changing it – some may even say topsy turvy. Ok if you do google you will find the steps – have a plan, make a budget, save money, invest it, put it in a mutual fund, […]
Stash away that bonus! If you belong to that class of employees who gets a bonus at Diwali time, lucky you! Today you would be sitting on that bonus in your hand and the whole family would have a claim on that. Who are the claimants on this bonus? Lots in fact! Thanks to the […]
A few days back I had done a story about risky financial behaviour. I had said 1-6, so here are the another 6 – from 7 to 12. I did not want to say here are 6 in a set of 22…’cause I wanted to leave it open ended.. 7. Time diversification: You cannot pay […]
How to identify mature organisations which think they are too great to fail? They fail to see Customer’s Changing needs They are run by people who hate the sales and marketing functions – in a competitive market! Their systems are old and created to please the board – the customer be damned. If a product […]
I deal with ‘Mature and old’ organisations as well as new organizations. Here are some observations regarding some of the so called ‘successful’ mature organisations: Most of them need some rejuvenation if they have to still remain alive. They largely rest on their laurels. Some of them have terribly performing subsidiaries which have no claim […]