For the past one year Mutual funds are falling over themselves to please the bankers. However it is not having a great impact on the net sales. For many mutual funds, the ‘net sales’ figure by the big banks is NEGATIVE figure. When you talk to a banker however they are not so negative, and […]
If you do not know who is paying your financial planner, take heart, you are paying a much higher price than you want to. Frankly it does not matter what a person calls himself / herself. If a person says ‘I will spend time with you and make a financial plan, and I will charge […]
Many people may not have heard this. Of course many would have heard this, but may not know what it means…so here it goes! When you earn a certain amount of money – all of that does not come to you. Some of it goes off as profession tax, income tax, insurance, provident fund….etc. […]
Let us look at a fictitious conversation between a ‘Super Senior Vice President – Strategy and Execution’ and an IFA: Sir my client, Subra, has invested in our company’s ULIP with the least fund management charges…but it is doing very badly…what should I do? Sir my client is not a greedy or a crazy guy, […]
Most people are generally under the impression that the Government of India (actually the party in power) misuses the psu money and that is bad. True, well almost. HOWEVER, please note that some advantages that the psu undertakings enjoy should not be ignored. For a very long time you could pay your advance tax ONLY […]
Not sure if you have heard this, but this is true in many cases. Take the example of travel options from Mumbai to Pune. You have air, trains (exclusive to Pune and all trains going south), taxi, buses, ….and all seem to be full. When each of these services started people may have wondered…’Is there […]
I just did a post saying ‘Men and Money’ so here is a post on Women and Money. Assuming that the Man is the main provider and the wife is the secondary (financial) provider, what are the things she should do to know how much is the husband earning? Is it enough? Are they living […]