There is now a decent size clamor for Sachin getting the Bharat Ratna. Easily the most prestigious award in the country it is normally given when person is dead or dying. There was no dispute when Pandit Nehru got it. Of course that was at a time when people like Maulana Abdul Kalam said government […]
I have said this many times in the past – the best way to create wealth is to spend time lavishly in searching for a good ‘adviser’. Clearly he should be compensated as a %age of your NET WORTH so that you are both playing the same game. Increase in your networth. Instead of this […]
Cholamandalam DBS did a private placement of its shares @ Rs. 92 with IFC, Washington. This is just a small story. There is a website which sells financial information…this statement is hilarious. You should read it. It quotes Reuters…and says Chola has 2 subsidiaries – Murugappa group and DBS Bank in Singapore…read on! http://www.alacrastore.com/company-snapshot/Cholamandalam_D_B_S_Finance_Ltd-2507782 and […]
http://www.subramoney.com/book-written-by-me/ Recently many people have spoken to me about their attitude towards money. In case of people I know for the past 30-40 years, largely the impact of their childhood on their ‘money-psyche’ has been of tremendous importance. Having said that, attitude towards money is not always the same even for siblings. My sister and […]
Once upon a time long, long ago I was doing my CA. For doing this course one important thing to do is to do articles training for 3 years. I did my articles from Sharp & Tannan who were the statutory auditors of Hindustan Petroleum Company Limited. The year was 1983. One expense that I […]
Almost every day somebody asks me this question! This question can take many forms – sometimes a student doing is engineering asks this question or sometimes it is the student’s parent asking this question. Even when a kid is 5 years of age parents need to plan for a ‘good’ education. Good education normally means […]
In almost all trainings – whether it is a relationship managers training or a independent financial analyst’s training, one complaint comes through very loudly. It goes like this: “I have a client who invests 5 a month in a mutual fund regularly. However I am under tremendous pressure to sell him a unit linked plan […]