When somebody asks you a question like this, what can you really say? I have seen Suzie Orman say “you have $ 59,000 in a Roth IRA, you have………blah blah….” so go ahead and you will be able to afford it! I would like to take a slightly different route. Let us say the person […]

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I was talking about frugality to a guy whose knowledge of English does not include this word. Here he was all 29 years of age, not a penny saved, married to a woman who was spending most of her income. Earnings of this couple was in the region of Rs. 20 lakhs per annum and […]

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IN the last 3 weeks many people have asked me for my view on Robert Kiyosaki’s concepts. Surely there is a lot of merit in what he says, but there are many limitations too. Let me see: 1. He underestimates risk, and dramatically underestimates risk. 2. He takes one theory of investing in real estate […]

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