The current generation is earning very well – remember most of what people considered as ‘luxuries’ in the 1960s, 1970s, etc. are today considered as a necessity. Also if you consider that in the 1970s when salaries were much lower, and taxation were much, much higher white goods were about 2-3 MONTHS income even for […]

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Due to public demand I launched my Financial Planning service on 1st April, 2011 and the response was just fantastic! The first client was a Vice President of the R  Group (he told me that there are 3000 people like him, but I think he was exaggerating). Client: Subra will you do F P for […]

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I had done this post long ago..sometime in July, 2009, when I met Prakash Mundhra for a Television discussion with Prakash Mundhra..about his investments. Today I am repeating this post…’cause it is worth reading about 🙂 Normally the MBAs I meet are the ones who start looking for a job by the time they are […]

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Here is a book review for this great book….and this appeared in BSENSEX – BSE-SENSEX – it is a magazine which goes to the CEOs of companies listed on the BSE  and to all its members. The Trillion Dollar Meltdown: Easy Money, High Rollers, and the Great Credit Crash” by Charles R. Morris One of […]

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Warren Buffett has some advice for young people, like college students, who want to remain financially independent.  It’s not new and its not a surprise, but it is solid counsel on avoiding a very common money pitfall, and worth repeating: “The biggest suggestion I have is to avoid credit cards. Interest rates are very high […]

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Today it is very easy to live beyond ones’ means. If you take any magazine you will find about 15 advertisements – of this about 14 will extol you to live beyond your means. If you can afford a Ford Ikon, they will urge you to buy a Honda City. If you can buy a […]

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