“Never a borrower nor a lender be” because a loan normally loses itself and the friend. This is an old adage right? Surely Nehru, Gandhi, Rajaji did not have a credit card but their great grand children would all be carrying a credit card, maybe a housing loan (or home mortgage as yankees say it), […]
The process of providing financial fitness involves four basic steps. If you have the time, objectivity, inclination (to take time off from your family to do this) and expertise in accounting (to file your tax returns), investments, taxation, insurance, and estate planning, you can do this process on your own. However, avoiding personal bias is […]
What should you do in a falling market? So, what’s a stock market investor’s best response to dropping stock prices? First, forget about rationalizing and explaining (or listening to other people explain) why stocks are falling. It’s a pointless exercise at best, and misleading at worst. Second, file the painful experience away as a […]
It is easy for the common investor to get carried away by the agent telling him about the “best performing fund”. The question to ask is “How will the fund manager maintain the same rate or a similar track”. The answer is we cannot. Check out the article on risk and performance. See the amount […]
Personal financial planning is the development and implementation of a comprehensive plan to help a person achieve financial goals. The idea is to focus on these goals as the starting point in a financial planning process. In the planning process, an individual’s financial affairs (i.e., investments, savings borrowings, insurance, retirement plans, estate plan, charity, and […]
It may sound very outlandish and out dated that I do not allow my clients to borrow for investing. In fact I have become very unpopular with some clients for this very reason. However I am against people borrowing against gold, against their properties (top-up loan), personal loans or even a leveraged application in the […]
What a sensational rumour! The sensex is down because a big group which was holding a lot of share across various counters today continued selling! There was a vested interest for a lot of people – a big power IPO has many stakeholders you see. So all the kings men and all the kings horses […]