Advising friends is dangerous too!

  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 [...]

Want to be happy?

This is not a financial post, just a happiness post. If you assume happiness has a lot of financial implications, you are right. If you are happy, you will be rich. Read it again. If you are happy, YOU will be rich – the reverse is not true always!! So to be happy you need [...]

Basic Investment philosophy

Here I am putting in some of my own effort, and some copied from the masters. Remember there are some very holy but useless sounding right advice. If you do not know how to do, LEARN them if you wish to be a good investor: A. Know yourself before starting to invest: 1. What kind [...]

Brilliant views on the Budget 2013

Subramoney was the only blog which did not have a view on the most important media event of the day at 11am. So I decided to write my views (at 8 pm Wednesday) on PC’s budget to be presented on Thursday…here it is. It is the only post (I challenge you) to have such a [...]

the dowry calculator

somebody had sent this to me long ago…and since many kids do read my blog…I was wondering if they could find it useful soch lo… http://www.dowrycalculator.com/   Post Footer automatically generated by Add Post Footer Plugin for wordpress.

5 Simple steps to getting wealthy…

Generally as Indians we love complicated things..but this blog is about simplifying, so here are some simple steps to getting wealthy: 1. Understand that small amounts make a difference: whether you are 22 or 55 understand that the best time to start is NOW. Even if you can invest only a small amount, START, NOW. [...]