Yesterday a cousin had to convert a pension plan to an annuity, and he had sought my advise. He had an accumulation of a small amount to be converted. They had sent him a form to his residence – he had filled it up and brought it. The form was complete in all respects…so he […]
‘How come you are so thin….and maintain yourself like that?’ -is a question that all slim / well maintained people (especially girls) are asked regularly. One question which they LOVE to ask BACK is ‘How come you are so obese’ – however that is considered impolite I guess? Let us look at what people do: […]
Let me warn you the title has the word today just to attract you :-). I have no view at all about gold prices. Personally i do have gold, but no clue how much. In most cases the cost of acquisition is almost immaterial – it all happened decades back….. Why is gold an awesome […]
Imagine a person going on a longish journey…say a 3 hour bus journey from destination A to destination B. His aim is obviously to get a nice seat, preferably a good cushioned window seat in the front part of the non air-conditioned bus. In reality Mr. X gets into an extremely crowded bus, and he […]
I have heard this statement from so many people – it hardly matters about the age of the person or the gender! Largely life is about being happy and successful. Each person has to decide what is being happy and what is being successful. Now success is a function of your job x the money […]
I do a lot of training for IFAs – here are somethings that they wish they could tell their clients: – If you can find all the answers on the net, please ask that website to get you a printout of your portfolio when you want, why should I call the fund house? – It […]