If there has to be a single and sole/ only reason for poor health…..it has to be JUNK FOOD. What is junk food?  …read on…   What really is junk food?  

I am sure YOU are less healthy and less fit than your parents. You have more dresses than they have. You eat more junk than they do or did. I am sure that they used the public transport more than you did. Have you ever wondered how you finished that bag of over salted ‘chips’ […]

In our overall portfolio we need to get decent ABSOLUTE RETURNS – most of us should not care about: Our neighbor’s return Index return Rakesh Jhunjhunwala’s return Your Own Historical Return. I am in that category. Frankly as long as my GOALS are met, I do not need to worry about what others are doing. […]

1968: A CA working in Mumbai used to earn about Rs. 750 per month, a house in Chembur cost Rs. 75,000 and the same house was available on rent for Rs. 350 per month. Work out the Ratios: it was about 8 years Gross Income to buy a house, and the rental yield was 6% […]

I was 17 years old when I did my first trade. In fact about 3 months before my 17th birthday. My broker was just starting out in his professional life too –  he was 22 years of age. As expected I started with doing short trades and some long trades too. My dad’s portfolio of […]

I met a successful businessman turning 87 ..and asked him what would he want to share with younger people…and he had this to say: If you want to be in business, be ready for total failure: He went into business at a relatively old age of 30 in a house where there was pressure to […]

Who is taking the Risk and who is giving the advise? Well there are financial blogs by the tons, FB groups, Yahoo groups, Agony aunt columns, etc. I do read many of them and even follow a few and have always enjoyed reading them. I either learn or I chuckle. “I am going to Dubai […]