Many of us are likely to live long enough on this planet to need some kind of assisted living. How much exactly does staying in an old age home cost? Frankly I have not done enough research to do such a post, but here is some rudimentary info. You will need to do more research […]
In this day and age when there are so many advertisements for thirst quenching drinks….why drink water? Every advertisement wants you to drink Pepsi, Coke, Mirinda, Thumbs Up, what have you. Then there are other healthy drinks which have no advertising, but is still very popular – albeit with the lower strata of society. These […]
If I were Bill Gross, I would have done the same thing….When Bill Gross (the bond Guru?) took a stand that having a bull position in US Governement securities was not a sensible thing to do….I nodded.. He had a big portfolio of government bonds – about 250 billion US $! It is not […]
We saw how your brain makes you do things which are bad for you as an investor….let us see how to combat it. Importantly, read these aloud and repeat it a zillion times, maybe everyday before you even SEE your portfolio: 1. I will invest in education much before I invest in the markets: Nothing […]
Whenever people ask me ‘I have made this investment (life insurance policy, mutual fund, equity shares, house -does not matter) – should I keep it or should I sell it? Immediately they tell me the cost….paid Rs. 6L premium for 4 years, bought this house for 73 lakhs, …and now the value of the portfolio […]
I have not been a great lover of the NPS for various reasons. One of the important reasons is that we do not have an index bond fund – so it is up to the Fund manager to decide what to pick. I hate that when I do not know the FM’s bond picking skills. […]
so much pressure from so many people to ‘feature’ new financial products! It means subramoney has arrived…or is it a case of desperation that products are not selling? I refused to feature products which are generally unnecessary for the readers (may sound pompous, but I am the judge here).. what happens when somebody has a […]