When I ask this question, most people say 9-10% p.a. – just by adding about 100 basis points to the P Chidambaram’s random generated number of 8%. This of course is just another case of innumeracy. The real number in the past 3 year is much higher. RBI and MoF are both aware of this […]

There are some new bond offering from Ireda….here are the details… http://myinvestmentideas.com/2014/02/ireda-tax-free-bonds-febmar-2014-tranche-i/

Hi Subra, Wanted to share with you this experience. We wanted to get our car insurance done within one day, as it had expired a week back. Online we tried, but Bharti axa rejected it, as car had some un repaired damage. So my hubby went to Bajaj Allianz office in Indiranagar Bangalore. Previous policy […]

I am actually not sure whether Google and the internet in general has done good or harm! Also financial blogging throws up some very serious issues. I was recently going through a link on value investing and found it very interesting. There was a big long ‘discussion’ on whether the Aditya Birla group has created […]

What is a valentine post doing in a financial blog? Well , well, I should have said: Will you be my financial valentine? In this era of boys and girls earning equal amounts, both of them have equal responsibility in managing the money too. Obviously nothing in our education system teaches them this basic skill…and […]

Cannot agree more with Monika Halan, the Regulators need Regulation. Hey that will not happen! Let us see 2 pieces of legislation that we saw today (13 Feb 2014, one day before Valentine’s Day, and on Kiss day!). Both these legislation prove the following 2 things: 1. The Golden Rule of Life: The Man who […]

  It is the time of the year when HR and accounts people chase you for your ‘investing’ proof. So people ask me the following questions: – should I invest in equities? -should I invest in ELSS? or should I invest in bank deposits, nsc or ppf? And worse, some people think they are doing […]