The government keeps talking about Inflation Indexed bonds – we are not clear when it will come. We have no clue as to how it will be structured in India. However this is how it should work if they do a cut and paste from the US – TIPS is the US product. Principally this […]
So many people today advising on equities that it is good fun talking to some of them. Two good offers that I have got recently are quite stunning…not really relevant for me but here is the story. First is a big deal in terms of size – it is worthwhile for the broker to do […]
“Past performance is not an indicator of future performance” — the literature of every mutual fund you own, mentions something to this effect. In fact once, when I was lecturing at a mutual fund house, which was not performing well, one of the managers said, jocularly, “Can we say our past non-performance is not an […]
Doctors normally start their practice and the money starts coming in – first in trickles and then as a flood. Over enthusiastic accountants and ignorant doctors are a dangerous combination – they keep the doctor’s income low so that lesser tax can be paid. Suddenly if the doctor wants to set up a bigger practice, […]
Leveraging (like derivatives) is neither good nor bad. Huge wealth has been created by leveraging (Reliance, Tata, Uday Kotak (net worth Rs. 30 lakhs to market cap Rs. 26,000 crores in 25 years) – and also ALL bankruptcies have been caused by bad management of debt. There are many advantages of gearing or borrowing: a. […]
Many people known to me have read Robert Kiyosaki – largely the concept of Mr. North and Mr. South – famously known as Rich Dad, Poor Dad concept. There are many things that Kiyosaki says – let us take 2 of them today: 1. No money is made from real estate, equities, commodities….it is made […]
Doctors normally start their practice and the money starts coming in – first in trickles and then as a flood. Over enthusiastic accountants and ignorant doctors are a dangerous combination – they keep the doctor’s income low so that lesser tax can be paid. Suddenly if the doctor wants to set up a bigger […]