So you are 22 years of age and wish to invest in equities, right? Welcome to the very many people who wish to invest in equities, but do not know where to start. First things first. If you are doing a career in medicine, or are a lawyer or any other professional, chances are you […]

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  If you have a lot of money and can afford many things, life is great – Economics. If you have a lot of choice, it adds stress – Psychology. Walk into a typical wedding I attend, the range of food that is available normally numbs me. One of the weddings had a FULL range […]

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A few days back I wrote a piece on ‘Young, Glamorous, Riskless and Broke’. This was about the kids born in the 1980s. Let us take a kid born in 1987 – would have graduated in 2007-8 and finished his/her MBA in 2009. This was not a great season to graduate, but would have found […]

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  Clients, friends, readers, and others  regularly ask  “How much will my investment become in 22 years?” Really, I have no answer…so this is how I have decided to react. Do you want a policy illustration or a knock on the head?    Now that I have to show you an illustration, I will. However that […]

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As soon as the horse bolts it becomes necessary to bolt….so we now will talk about REGULATING the wealth management industry: Let us see what can be done: – all wealth management contracts should be 43 pages and have 86 signatures. – if it includes Mutual funds, the trail commission that the wealth manager can […]

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Here is one more story on attitude towards money. A few days ago I attended a function – a sangeet function for a friend’s daughter’s wedding. Here was a gathering of rich people…some rich and showing off, some rich and not showing off. Met an old friend who introduced me to another old friend (Europe […]

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Clients regularly ask for “How much will my investment become in 22 years?” Really, I have no answer…so this is how I have decided to react. Do you want a policy illustration or a knock on the head?    Now that I have to show you an illustration, I will. However that will have to be […]

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