I was talking about frugality to a guy whose knowledge of English does not include this word. Here he was all 29 years of age, not a penny saved, married to a woman who was spending most of her income. Earnings of this couple was in the region of Rs. 20 lakhs per annum and […]

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Why should I hold cash? A very good question which many people keep asking. It is true of individuals, corporations and funds. Well cash is held for 3 main purposes (any Economics tutorial 101 will tell you this): 1. Transactions Motive – to do transactions 2. Precautionary Motive – just in case I need something. […]

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Is the United States of America a capiatlist state, a communist state or a socialist country? The answer is obvious is it not? It is a capitalist country…well er so you thought. When Lehman, AIG, Merrill, etc. were distributing high salaries all of them looked like they believed in capitalism. Surely they would have said […]

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