This is not a financial post, so what is it doing in this blog? Good question, but I felt that a question like this has a tremendous impact on your portfolio too. Taking your eye off the ball for a long time can create havoc with your portfolio. That could be scary. Grief takes a […]
Not sure why the number 10. Actually these are poor habits that keep you from getting rich. These are spending sins that I plan to cover here – will cover the saving / investing ones separately. So here we go: 1. Using credit cards or debit cards: the card has become such an important part […]
Education should improve one’s attitude, prepare you for a great life ahead, and generally equip you for a career. If this is what a good MBA degree should do for you, question the degree real hard. If you are planning to get an Engineering degree or a Management degree ask yourself why do you want […]
This is such a catchy headline and completely contradictory to my saying ‘if you do not know what you are going to do with your leisure, do not retire’! Frankly the word ‘Retirement’ means ‘doing what you enjoy rather than doing what you must’. So a retired doctor could still be in practice – […]
It is generally believed that all the MBAs that you recruit come with great communication skills – but may lack in depth knowledge. Experience has taught me one thing. You cannot draw conclusions based on one or two students or colleagues. To draw a conclusion, you need a huge, huge database across genders, medium of […]
However is a good list of resolutions that you can make – it is really useful if you made it already, just reiterate it, and follow it! So here it goes 1. I will write down my financial goals – NOW, IMMEDIATELY. 2. I will convert a big portion of my savings into investments – […]
Have you ever wondered why people close to you – brother, sister, in laws, friends, cousins, colleagues, do not seek advice BEFORE they buy a financial product? It is my job to wonder why, so I do. Most of the people who consider me their financial adviser (or at least think I know more than […]