i wrote this article for some website / magazine..not sure which Reuters perhaps…. You have just crossed your 24th birthday, when you’ve gained the education and/or skills you need for the career you’ve chosen, and you’re earning money and learning how to handle it. Ok, ok you are not in your twenties but are in […]

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2013 is over and a new year 2014 is upon us. Well almost. Almost all websites will now want you to create resolutions…let me tell you why you should stick to those resolutions! 1. You can, only, if you want: See people go and do what they want to do ! People who succeed are […]

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When I do advisory for customers building their own wealth – it is not my ‘knowledge’ which is helping them. It is my experience. Not too much talent, luck or knowledge is required to pick a good equity fund or a low cost debt fund. Even lesser skill is required to fill up the form. […]

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One assignment that an MBA class likes (loves) is to do projects. It better be projects which are easy to do of course! One MBA class where I suggested that they go out meet IFAs and a few customers to find out how the investing process works was greeted with shock by everybody including the […]

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Private: Finance for Non-Finance people Workshop TOPIC:     FINANCE FOR NON FINANCE MANAGERS INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP on  Finance for NON FINANCE MANAGERS Essentials of Finance for Non-Finance Executives is designed to provide you with an understanding of financial management. You will learn  analyzing financial statements, management and the financial planning process. Today’s managers need to understand finance […]

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All websites will soon be screaming about ‘Investment Resolutions for 2014’ – except this blog. The last time I wrote was in 2009. All the other years I have just done a cut paste and changed the year. Really it is so simple. People read it, like it, share it with a couple of others […]

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When a girl gets married what is the first thing that she does? She changes her name and informs her bank, mutual funds, insurance companies, housing society, apart from her employer. The next thing that both of them do is to make each other a second holder in their respective bank accounts. Not so fast. […]

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