For those (like me) who are always bullish on equities, it is nice to read the equities history. The Russian Stock exchange got wiped out. In Austria from 1900 to 2012 – you would have been ripped apart with 97 years of losses In the US the returns from bonds has been BETTER THAN equities […]

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Caveat: I do not know the answer. Caveat: I do not think I need to know the answer, I am happy with a 2% real return, for many of you that would be not a happy situation, perhaps. My requirements have gone down because of the past performance. Caveat: Nobody has an answer, and far […]

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Reader has asked a very valid question: “Subra all this is fine..but what is the use of all this gyan? When I ask you whether you will hold my hand and help me plan my finances FOR A FEE…you always say no. I do not like some other websites which does it..- i feel it […]

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Nice to see many many many articles, blogs, even legislation which are meant to ‘help’ the uninformed, poor investor. Let us look at the assumption of what these intellectuals and bureaucrats think about the behavior of the end investor: 1. The investor is rational: Fair assumption based on the Economics that they have been taught […]

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You hear the words ‘financially free’ or ‘financially independent’ regularly, right? What exactly do these words mean? Well there are a few things that it means: 1. You spend significantly lesser than your income: this is difficult to describe beyond a point. Let us say you are earning Rs. 300,000 a month post tax. Your […]

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A few days ago I posted some money management rules which had changed…so here are a few more: Most of the rules are what you have heard…or will hear. 1. A. Stay away from equity. 1.B. New Rule: Staying away from equity will ensure that your portfolio is well short of meeting your retirement requirements! […]

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HA ha….most of you know where this question will head right? The latest documents from the Fed reveal that they did not understand what is happening in the Economy. I always knew it – and those following me on FB know my views about the regulators in general and Fed in particular. For a momentary […]

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