Sometime in 1994 a friend wanted to keep some money in a fixed interest bearing instrument. The amount was about Rs. 15000. He kept it in one company – let us call it Company A. Sometime in 1999 I was surprised to see that he still had his money there. I told him and […]
Women need to plan for their retirement more than men need to – because they work for a lesser period and live longer. However they do have some major obstacles towards achieving this goal: 1. They study less: Academically women do better, but even in communities where education is important girls are NOT encouraged […]
If you were not around to see the -46% of 1993, but were around to see 2008, then 2011 would have looked quite bad. Seeing your portfolio shrink by 25% (worse if you did not have Bharti, but had more of Reliance!!)…and if you were a $ investor, it was worse. Including the 19% fall […]