I have been meeting a lot of people..of course. I ask them many things and of them one of the imp questions is “what I wish I had known when I was in my 20s or 30s”…here… I should not quit my current job without having a job in hand I should NOT encash my […]

I have always held a view that there should be no “dividend” plan at all in mutual funds. Remember in a company you get dividends and this is over and above the shares that you hold..so there could be some sense of taking a dividend. However in a mutual fund the Amcs are CHEATING you […]

How do you get on to be on the path to being wealthy? Well, it is not exactly easy, but yes there are some habits which are worth COPYING from the more successful people. Till you are able to do them all, at least fake it. Let me enumerate a few: Exercise: I think physical […]

Piramal Capital & Housing Finance, a subsidiary of Piramal Enterprises Limited, has sanctioned a ~INR 200 crore facility to the Appaswamy Group (Appaswamy) via a structured equity transaction to enable the acquisition of 3.34 acres (~60 grounds) land in Kotturpuram, the heart of Chennai. Amazing how a Mumbai based Nbfc has gone and got business from […]

When I use the word retirement the 23 year old (at whom my book Retire Rich: Invest Rs. 40 a day) is really targeted may or may not pay attention. Which is fair enough because this person’s parent is still in service…so where is the question of this kid thinking/ worrying about retirement? However, this […]

In India we believe in certain things. bank deposits are the safest investment instruments Lic, ppf, etc. will pay on the due date Post office cannot default If you are a Central Gov pension holder, it cannot fail I seriously do not want to comment on any of the above. It is too controversial and […]