The economists of the world make on amazingly stupid assumption: “Man is a rational animal” and this leads them to a belief ‘therefore he will do things which are best for him’. This means he will: a) choose the most profitable options – financially rational b) he will take a long term view of things […]

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Many of us know that there are rules of Investing. We also know that Rules are meant to be BROKEN. However whether you want to follow them or break them, there is no escaping knowing them! Here the aim is to warn YOU that  it is a complex world, and rules are not enough…… If […]

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Whenever there is a group activity, and there are costs, pricing comes into play. The problem is NOT everybody understands costing. I would daresay that most people do not understand costing at all. Let me give you an example from a Running club. These are the costs incurred for conducting a run: Transport (Rs. 1200), […]

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I have done many posts on whether a parent should pay for the children’s higher education. Taking a stand against it causes people to ask me the following questions: 1. if i have money what am I going to do with that? 2. what is wrong in paying for a kid’s education? 3. will YOU […]

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Let us take a real life case and see what is to be done when you have a lump-sum amount. Should you repay the loan amount or should you Invest that money? The sad part is YOU need to take a decision TODAY and you will be judged (you may be the judge) after 5, […]

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Nice to see many many many articles, blogs, even legislation which are meant to ‘help’ the uninformed, poor investor. Let us look at the assumption of what these intellectuals and bureaucrats think about the behavior of the end investor: 1. The investor is rational: Fair assumption based on the Economics that they have been taught […]

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Some retirement advice was not bad to give even 20 years ago. People retired at 58 and promptly died at 65. Their PF and gratuity lasted till they did, and then it did not matter. Now chances are you will lose your job at 55, not have a pension, and live till age 90. So […]

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