When Taleb says we underplay the role of luck in our success what does he mean? Well let me take my case – I guess 90% of my success is just sheer luck…let me enumerate the luck first… Not To the Manor Born, but never had to think about money or worry about it We […]

On your 54th birthday if your boss says “here is 3 months severance pay” will you be able to take that hit in your solar plexus? That is what I mean by asking ‘are you financially fit’ ? Reminds me of what a friend’s son told her when she asked him “how is boxing practice […]

About 300 years ago Benjamin Franklin said “Early to Bed….Early to Rise….”. Is it possible for a late riser to suddenly start getting up at an unearthly hour? Let’s say you are a late riser – and you get up only at 8.30am every day, and you have a convenient UK shift and you need […]

The BSE Ltd’s initial public offer (IPO) is set to open on 23 January 2017 (hey tomorrow!). So, technically you have a chance to own a bit of a stock exchange. Nowhere in the world have they tried to kill the stock exchange – there is no unregulated market place for shares. Today you can […]

for those who think that I speak only about housing finance….Well Sumaira has not called me for a long time…but here is a show on Value Investing…

Since everybody has a budget wishlist, here is mine. I know this wish list will be read by about 7000 people over the next 2 days. Some people will say ‘how good’ some people will say ‘how stupid’. I know this will not reach Jet Lee. Not that it matters – the Baboo(n)s do what […]