One thing I like about Manish Chauhan of Jagoinvestor is that he reacts to every mail that he receives. I do not. Well normally I do not. However once in a while I do. When I said that Financial Literacy is nobody’s baby, one Mr. Abhi wrote the following…Below that is my reply: “Abhi Very […]

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I am not sure whether the Internet and especially Google have done harm or good for the investing community. I see a bunch of self styled (or even qualified with great sounding and little meaning degrees) take some anecdotal examples and write about personal finance. I daresay that personal finance, portfolio management, investing are the […]

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“I wish my father had left me a house and a nice portfolio…I would have pursued my passion” “With 2 kids and a non earning wife I have to pay all the EMIs…how can I hope to leave?” ‘Yes, sure I want to do my own business but I am afraid to leave my job’ […]

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These are some of the dialogs that have happened in my career counseling attempts….Not all of these dialogs  are with the same people of course.. So this is how it goes: Student: hello Subra sir can I talk to you for a minute? Subra: You can, but you may not! Ok Sure go ahead… Student: […]

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  this post is partially repeated…it had appeared a couple of years ago in this very blog… I am sure all of you know the cap seller and the monkey story. So why am I telling you the same story again? No this is not the same story, it has a twist. A cap-seller was […]

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Hi kids of the graduating batch of 2013! There are certain things that I ‘forgot’ to tell you in 2011. It is also called ‘suppresso veri’ – well it is a legal language to mean ‘hiding of the truth’ but my job did not allow me to tell you the following. The following is also […]

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Many kids in their 20s are serious about their career. Sadly many, many more are not. The reasons for this are not far to seek. Many of them have been told that it is all right to keep wondering what to do in your 20s. Not true at all. I know of one boy who […]

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