Every cheque that you write is either an expense, savings or investments. Sadly not everybody knows the difference between the three. In fact todays plan includes telling you that there are 2 types of investment too! OOPS, right? Ok..when you go to a hotel and pay for the food, it is an expense. This […]
So here is what is the consensus / vast majority view on the contents of the Wealth Book for the youth. By definition of youth I mean the real young earners (but not those looking for student loans), setting up a family, and the early retirement thinkers. Thanks for all the emails, phone calls, […]
Invest in equities? The index is already up 23% on a calendar basis…why should I invest in equities NOW? Right? that is the first question that popped in your mind right now, did it not? Well let us look at the reasons why you should be buying: 1. I have always said this : YOU […]
There are many people who ask me “is this a good time to be investing”. I counter this by saying “Anytime is a good time to start a SIP”. Let us see what happens to people who want to pick up stocks / shares and keep it for a long time. Should long term investors […]
Here is the uncensored, unedited view of Aviva India…..my views you have already read right? well read on…. Union Budget – Reaction from TR Ramachandran, CEO & MD, Aviva India Mr. Finance Minister, through this budget, has tried to give a big push to infrastructure, incentivise savings through financial instruments and property particularly at the […]
Subramoney was the only blog which did not have a view on the most important media event of the day at 11am. So I decided to write my views (at 8 pm Wednesday) on PC’s budget to be presented on Thursday…here it is. It is the only post (I challenge you) to have such a […]
An excellent profession / business to do now is the financial planning business. Of course some people call it a profession too. Why am I saying this? Simply because we are in the very early stages of the profession. It is like being in the banking business in the 1900s, in the mutual fund business […]