A financial adviser has to have the guts to ask the end customer (read YOU) some questions like the following mentioned here: 1. Your qualification is good, and your salary is great, but can you really make a 15 year commitment of EMI for the housing loan that you are taking – at your […]
A friend called up to ask ‘Why do i have to pay a higher interest RATE for a second hand car than for a NEW car?’ How much is the difference? about 3-4% p.a. for 4 years…..so that you lose most of the advantage that you got in the price while buying. Wow. Why does […]
The normal question you expect to find in a personal finance website is ‘Decide on how to fund your car’..but let us go one step behind! In the last 6 months I have seen 3 kids getting a Nano to go to college. Luxury or Necessity? No comments. Reality. I have seen a person […]
Whether to buy a car, how to finance a car, what car to buy are all important steps while buying. So here is a list of things that you should do if you were to buy a car: 1. Do your homework: The internet has surely made it easier to compare cars, compare features, understand […]
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 […]
Subra we may be a great marketing and distribution company, but we are no patch on the steel, cement and finance companies. This was said by one of the World’s great FMCG company….this is so true. Let us see how the real estate market works AGAINST the renter and FOR the owner: 1. ‘You cannot […]
There are many kids of today whose parents still believe: – PSU jobs are safe and the best -dealing with a government agency is good, because they will not cheat you Sure Psu jobs are the best -ask the retiree from Air India who has not been paid his dues…for the past few years. So […]