This is not restricted to US or India, it is a world wide phenomenon, but let us take a hypothetical case of a nice honest, hardworking lower – middle class American. He started life long ago and lived in the usual American style. Let us say he took a huge mortgage and bought a big […]
Subra one does not know whether I will pop off at 45 or like A K Hangal at the age of 98. So in order to live peacefully, I need to create a serious amount of income and wealth. – So said a reader who is about 40 years of age. He also said ‘the […]
You walk into a life insurance company and buy a life insurance policy for Rs. 7934/- per annum for a Rs. 1 crore sum assured. The company accepts the cheque and asks you to go for a medical test. What are the scenarios that can happen? Best case scenario, they can say, yes you […]
When all of us feel that there is no risk, risk happens. Like all of us were sure that the markets will go from 21000 to 25000 it went to 9000. Market is a great humiliator -and exactly when you feel you have understood it all, it slaps you. At times it hits you in […]
Being in one business for a long time helps – you can see more clearly. The main business that I have been in is “Watching people make money, losing money, their attitude towards risk and generally towards life”. Will do the lessons separately. Here is a list of risky behavior that has caused investors a […]