Stash away that bonus! If you belong to that class of employees who gets a bonus at Diwali time, lucky you! Today you would be sitting on that bonus in your hand and the whole family would have a claim on that. Who are the claimants on this bonus? Lots in fact! Thanks to the […]
This is perhaps the most often asked question. I have seen people mess up quite dramatically. One HR consultant once called me and said “I have Rs. 52,000 where can I invest?’. So I got of on the pedal saying “Equity is good for the long term….etc”. Then when there was a blank from the […]
Many people have asked me what is the starting point of the “sub-prime” problem. This is really very difficult to answer. Relaxing of credit standards in US, over-leveraging by the Investment banks, spending far, far beyond one’s ability to repay..all of them can be taken to be the starting point. However, 2-3 events are remarkable […]