Does every business have to be profitable? Do all businessmen do a business to earn money? For themselves and their stake holder? To the common man, yes! Not true, not true, not true at all! Many people do businesses to: – keep themselves busy – to show to the world that they are doing a […]

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Of course I will…in fact when somebody asked me some questions, I had already answered it…so here I am sending you the link!! Here are some questions: i have already answered them in earlier posts, hence just connecting..sadly wordpress is not working well…and I am not able to link it..please cut and paste the links […]

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I know many IFAs read my blog and so do many investors. I know a couple of fund managers too read it, especially when I write about their fund – but more if I write about a competitor fund. So here is a Completely Contrarian View. 1. Every site tells you that the ONLY thing […]

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All these experiences are anecdotal and may not be useful at all for you. However it could be illustrative of what happens in the RE market..and could become some kind of a learning. However it may or may not work for you, so that is the caveat. I have been looking to buy a house […]

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When I see people talking about their portfolios almost all the time, it sets me worrying. This is like body building – doing more workouts results in injury – and some injury could be dangerous. One needs to have a portfolio and a career – the career means some time when you are not fine […]

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  For most of us, deciding when to sell is a lot harder than deciding when to buy. It’s not a subject that gets much attention, largely because it can depend on individual circumstances–when you bought the stock, how big a part of your portfolio it is, etc. Also the sell calls are not really […]

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At what age should one start preparing for retirement? It is customary to say – the day you get your first job. Let us be fair, this will NEVER happen. No 23 year old kid is going to think about retirement (that too his own!) when his parent is still working. At your age of […]

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