I found a 78 year old man with a very strong balance sheet, but poor P&L account! What does it mean? Well he had a lot of assets – a nice big house which he was not using much, equities, bonds, and of course cash. Life long if you (and me) are brought up saying […]
Here is a completely different perspective on real estate costs!! For a typical middle class person – say earning Rs. 6 lakhs at age 43..obviously houses look damn expensive in Mumbai. However when you look at the salaries in the BFSI space – banks, mutual funds, life and gen insurance companies, brokerage….it is common […]
Here is something which somebody sent me…a lot of it is what he had sent…some minor changes are mine..but I really think it is a brilliant note on the irony of our times… The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider Freeways, but narrower viewpoints. We […]
These are some wealth observations – learnt from observing, copying, reading, experiencing,….the following learnings are worth reading about: 1. High Income does not always translate to higher wealth: Unless you create income creating assets which grow at a rate greater than inflation, you cannot get wealthy. Simple Income has to be spent and then used […]
One good thing about being in the Equities business for long is you meet only those people who have created wealth for themselves! So you do meet people who have personal net-worth ranging from Rs. 2-3 crores to people who are in the Rs. 1000 crore + net-worth. Many of them are now in their […]
Why doctors need to maintain accounts… Doctors are almost mortally scared of accounts and accountants. They love money, but hate accounting – especially the details. Hey Doc, understanding a balance sheet does not mean you need to know HOW to make it. After all to enjoy an omlette you need not lay an egg! First […]
Ok the jury is still out on this. Once the Pound was the main currency of world trade, then it slipped. It took a couple of world wars, a depression, huge geo-political changes – big parts of the world shifted out of the Pound’s control…and the dollar became the King. However it was not easy […]