7. Confirm tenure is appropriate: “The insurance representative offered me an endowment policy for 30 years…and at age 44…I am wondering how will be able to pay the premium after I retire…what should I do Subra?”. GENUINE READER QUERY…My answer is a separate post….will do it soon. Here it is: Appropriate tenure of a risk […]

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This is a zillionth time I am saying this. Let me repeat it. Again and Again. If you have a family dependent on you – parents, wife, children, in-laws, ……..please remember YOU are not invincible. You could die. Sorry I refuse to mince words like a typical life insurance agent. He says ..”in case something […]

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Let me tell you a story….and like Valmiki assume I can go across time from 1990 to 2050. Please remember time is the 4th dimension and at some point in human civilisation we will be able to do that. Year 1990: You have graduated / settled and just got married. Did you think of life […]

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Hey the agency model is NOT working. Well it is not working as it was intended to at least. A group of people start a bank. They work in the bank. Then they appoint employees to work there. They appoint qualified people. These people are supposed to be moral, ethical, ….etc. These people cheat. They […]

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I watched 5 minutes on a channel that was discussing Financial Advisors. An interesting suggestion came up – one of the panelists said an advisor should get say 20% of the profits and about 10-15% of the losses in a clients portfolio. Brilliant advise. If you do not know what a portfolio manager does and […]

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No, nobody likes to talk about death. But people have to die, do they not? Even Devanand had to die! http://www.subramoney.com/2010/06/if-you-died-tonight-what-will-your-family-do A long time ago I wrote a piece ‘If you were to die tonight what would your family do?’- here is the link http://www.rediff.com/money/2006/may/10perfin.htm My question to all readers is to take some time […]

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Hey kids…there is no Santa…Wikileaks. Actually the kids know it…it is the adults who need to be told about this! so even if you are going on a short ride on your slow cycle…wear a HELMET even if you are in the pink of health and feeling great….take MEDICAL INSURANCE one day if you are […]

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