The best player does not make the best coach. This is because a Kapil Dev or Sachin Tendulkar just cannot understand how you can’t be as committed as they are. There starts the problem. If you have not been trained in counselling, or you have not done client work, or you have not gone out […]
Women are a big part of the investing population. Obviously. Are advisers doing enough to address them? I am not sure. Women are single, widowed, divorced – which means they are alone and have to manage their own money. Many women know a bit about finance, but almost always refuse to learn the full process. […]
Yesterday I was on The Money Show with Mubina Kapasi – on ETNow and as usual there were many people asking many questions. Of course this person did not even ask whether he needs an adviser. He was confident of investing this amount….here see his query: Hi There, I am 54 years old. I have […]
I have got many queries about fund manager changes. For me SNL quitting L&T Mutual fund is new, but a fund manager quitting a mutual fund is not new. I have seen fund managers retiring (Franklin Templeton), fund houses quitting the country (New York Life), Fidelity, AMP, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs…). So for most of […]
Most people in their 50s when they talk about their retirement are worried about: a) running out of money and having to depend on their kids for support b) fall in standard of living as time goes by c) rising health care costs d) not sure where to live in their real old age – […]
To be a successful investor you need a full time job. What I mean is you need to be fully (or at least partially) busy with something interesting. This is because Investing is a full time occupation with tons of free time. Time for sitting silently doing nothing. Doing nothing means listening to podcasts, reading […]