Hey frankly you do not have too much of a choice, do you? You would hate to hear this if your financial adviser (financial product salesman) were to tell you, but it is the truth. You have no choice in seeing where to invest for people looking to hedge against the risk of higher inflation. […]
Suzie Orman runs a popular program in the US of A which is simply titled “Can I afford it?” wherein people call in to ask “Can I afford a second hand Mercedes which costs me $ 45,000?”. Then Suzie sizes up the situation checking up whether the person has some money in her/his savings account, […]
One newspaper in Mumbai has this headlined in one of their news items. It is an article on page 3 of the paper – telling people not to self medicate. It warns people of malaria, gastro, and generally saying if you have fever please go to a doctor. However, a few pages later there is […]
There is a complete alphabet soup as far as financial planner’s qualifications go! CFA, CFP, CA, ICWA, MBA, LLB, Bcom, Amfi pass, IRDA qualified, ….and still more. Does it really matter? Well your financial planner should know about you (perhaps most important), equity markets, debt markets, compounding, etc. Surely if you are looking for a […]
“So who still believes markets don’t work? Apparently it is only the North Koreans, the Cubans and the active managers.” — Rex Sinquefield, co-founder and board member Dimensional Fund Advisors Not that fund managers will like this…but there are too many people saying that indexing your money is the best thing to do. If that […]
Women surely have some peculiar financial planning needs. We will not do too much in detail here – but suffice to say that some requirements are unique. Though most adult women I meet are married, I guess most of them will die alone – widowed, divorced, or not married at all. So at some stage […]
A pyt in our office today asked a very innocent question. If inflation has gone up from 9% to 11% in a week, next week will it be 14%? Well the truth is I do not know. However I do know that if it rains 90mm in Mumbai, and it does rain like that for […]