When I say ‘Retire’ just too many people think it means old age. Sorry wrong understanding. Retirement, let us redefine. Retirement is when you can do what you WANT, not what you MUST. You do not HAVE to earn to pay off the EMI. Or for paying for the kid’s education or marriage. Thus retirement […]

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I have a friend who is a brilliant technical analyst. Make no mistake, I have seen tons of Tech analyst, he is among the very top. I do not like Tech Analysis, esp because I rarely take SIGNIFICANT trading position. Even though there are many companies which I KNOW are terribly over-rated, I do not […]

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I just did a post saying ‘Men and Money’ so here is a post on Women and Money. Assuming that the Man is the main provider and the wife is the secondary (financial) provider, what are the things she should do to know how much is the husband earning? Is it enough? Are they living […]

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  Men are men – you see the Seagram ad, do you not? I have seen just too many men living beyond their means. This they do by lying to their wives – and living it up. This becomes even easier when the husband is in business. The wife only understands cash flow – so […]

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I kept saying that the market perceives that the worst quarter – for a short time at least was the Q ended Dec 2011. Why this quarter? The interest rate increase was felt fully, sales were down…and obviously profits were expected to be down. It is in such a time that the shares (which had […]

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  The most important requirement for a start up is not just PROFITABILITY, but also the availability of CASH. Cash flow is not the same as profitability – and many businessmen do not realize this. If you are a supplier of material which is not critical for a business, chances are your payment will be […]

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Recently when a kid wanted to borrow Rs. 20 lakhs, he went to a bank but got bad rates of interest. The documentation was painful, and the family was not sure whether it was the right thing to do. A rich uncle – actually his dad’s younger brother (kids chacha) offered the loan at exactly […]

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