Well, if you were in the US and I were a Pres candidate…i would have been forced to ask you this question. Well politics aside, this is a question that you should keep asking yourself EVERY year. In case of your personal life, hobbies, work, relationships, etc. you need to frame your own questions.I do […]

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If you believe that all bubbles are created by RATIONAL reasons and causes taken to IRRATIONAL HEIGHTS, welcome to the post. Is Mumbai real estate terribly high and unaffordable? Yes. Let us come to some RATIONAL reasons why people buy: 1. If we do not buy NOW we will never be able to buy in […]

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  Here is a post from a reader….his name and location does not matter does it? Yes he is a Tamil speaking insurance policy holder….and this is his ordeal… READ ON: Shouldn’t insurance be more user-friendly? “Veettai katti paar, kalyanathai panni paar” – A popular Tamil adage that means “Try building a house and try […]

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Let us look at some things which were heralded as a fantastic solution for a problem. Then we will see how these have NOW become problems and not a solution as it should have been. Insurance, Home loan, car loan, educational loan, derivatives, leverage, credit cards, ………….. Look at business Insurance. It is a brilliant […]

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  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 […]

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Subra, my money is safe, I bank with a mnc bank. They have fantastic internal systems, audit, well paid and well trained people to look after my money. They have a fantastic ……. Really? And I have dealt with banks, insurance companies, mutual funds, IFAs, ….and I know this is a wishful statement, not true. […]

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  A few reader queries and their answers: 1) Do you think pension policies from insurance companies make up for a good investment for availing pension?  Why or  why not? Answer: No. They do not. First of all thanks to some Quixotic regulations no life insurance company is selling a pension plan, so this question […]

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