I meet people in the ‘well-off’ cadre. I mean people earning not less than Rs. 3L per month cannot be called ‘not doing well’ correct? Some of the things that I tell them, is impossible to believe. Not sure HOW many of you will even believe this (Subra do not think you know everything and […]

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Assuming a diary is a place where you will write down your darkest, best, …..an investment diary is a must. These 5 things MUST, MUST, MUST go into a diary if you really want to improve as a stock picker: a) log all ideas – history tells you which were good and which bad. A […]

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Is this a question that has been uppermost in your minds? I have been saying ‘do a good SIP in a good fund and go to sleep’ – and I have been blunt enough to say which funds too. Now is this applicable to all the people who read this blog? No. Of course not. […]

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Well well you really cannot be stress free, but here is a very interesting list of things which helps de-stress. Or so say the experts. 1. Accept things: the carpenter not coming on time, the plumber coming after a day or your kids behavior….or anything that causes stress is outside your body. You really cannot […]

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OMG once upon a time (about 20 years ago) one had to go to a British Council or the USIS to get something on Financial Planning. Today every body from a credit card salesman to a real estate agent everybody talks of financial planning. So it has become more and more difficult to understand FP. […]

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There are some basic rules for investors and more importantly for Retirees: 1. What you do not understand, is not worth knowing: If a financial planner tells you ‘Sir, you do not understand this, I will explain it to you’ – please be IMPOLITE and ask him to …….. (unprintable!). NOBODY (repeat NOBODY) is interested […]

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              http://www.subramoney.com/2011/06/investing-books-the-must-read-types/ Many people keep asking me for a list of books to read – books on investing. I had put together a list and I do keep making some changes in them…so instead of making a list again I have put the link to the same article. Books […]

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