In each of those financial planning classes somebody asked me this question. It is quite an easy question to answer, but a difficult answer to understand. For different people it means different things. If you wish to own a Mercedes having a spare Rs. 80 lakhs to buy and Rs. 50,000 per month to spend […]
I have been saying this for a very long time (over 20 years now) and now somebody else in the MSM is also saying this. Let us accept it. Unless the salaries: house price ratio moves in favor of the salaries, one should not buy a house. This year the salary hikes in the mutual […]
‘Subra I really feel I should have met you 30 years ago and my life would have been different’….. ‘Subra I wish you REALLY my father….my REAL father does not allow me to invest even my OWN MONEY. ‘So lucky Subra I met you when I was 22, my SIP is now 5 years old! […]
I wrote a piece on ‘Make your own financial plan’ – this appeared on yahoo finance and some of you may have read it. What is amazing is the response that I have got for the same. Largely saying the following: – future is uncertain, SO DO NOT PLAN. – equity markets are too risky, […]
“I have two people who are more than 70 years old. How much of their moneys should be in equities?” This is the question with which I start my financial planning class for a bank or a securities company. The chances are more than 50 per cent of the class would have done their MBA […]
A rare conversation between Ramkrishna Paramahansa & Swami Vivekanand Swami Vivekanand:- I can’t find free time. Life has become hectic. Ramkrishna Paramahansa:- Activity gets you busy. But productivity gets you free. Swami Vivekanand:- Why has life become complicated now? Ramkrishna Paramahansa:- Stop analyzing life.. It makes it complicated. Just live it. Swami Vivekanand:- Why are […]
Some life lessons that many people wish that they had learnt earlier… 1. Have no expectations: Expecting from anyone is wrong and almost foolish. It invariably leads to disappointment. Not talking about big things like falling in love with a girl, but even expecting a thank you or an acknowledgement is sometimes burdensome. 2. Power […]