I had to speak at a Church (Parish) in Mumbai on Investing. In a religious gathering it was necessary to keep in mind what the scriptures said about investing. So the topic I chose was ‘Scriptures and investing’.
The Christian community is quite conspicuous in its absence in the financial services field – especially in the [...]
Or Why you do not need an investment consultant !
If you need bypass surgery, you should find the most qualified surgeon available. If you’re getting sued, you should hire the best defense lawyer in town.These 2 are fairly obvious and I do not think you can do your own root canal surgery, brain surgery or [...]
Many things in life are better achieved slowly if you want the gain to be permanent! Does this remind you of another boring task – the process of losing weight? If so, welcome!
Investing and money management is a lot like eating. So is losing debt like dieting? maybe…maybe not. Is getting out of debt a [...]
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After spending 10 years in the ‘profession‘ of training here are some expensive learning:
Television is an entertainment source – not an education source.
To be good in the media you need to say something interesting / controversial. Largely you can say anything and be sure that it will not come back to haunt you, because the [...]
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Here is part 1 of an article I wrote for Money Mantra…
How to select a good mutual fund.
Selecting a mutual fund for investing is a very important step indeed. It is not just important it is crucial. However it is the second step, not the first.
It is surprising at the number of people I meet [...]
Doing an article for the New year is easy. Just go to the article you did in the previous year…and change the year.
However is a good list of resolutions that you can make – it is really useful if you made it already, just reiterate it, and follow it! So here it goes
1. I will [...]
Or Why you do not need an investment consultant or an Investment Advisor !
If you need bypass surgery, you should find the most qualified surgeon available.This need not be the most expensive surgeon. Some surgeons are better at PR so they command a higher price. Some surgeons are good but in smaller hospitals. You need [...]
Thanks to the fact that I write and also run a blog, I get a lot of questions expecting ‘Yes’, ‘No’. Invest in ‘Hdfc Growth fund’, or ‘do not touch unit linked plans’ kind of answers. This to me is difficult. Even when people ask me “What do you think of Tata Steel?” (Ok when [...]
There is one person who is rarely quoted in Financial Circles. He is George Bernard Shaw. He said “Whenever I go to my tailor, he measures me up”. I wish all of us would do it! Once we decide on a particular thing we do not let new facts change our minds. We carry prejudices [...]
One amazing rule of investments is called the ‘Golden Rule of Investing’. The Golden Rule says “he who has the Gold, makes the rules of investing”. If this post gets you nostalgic, you must have been born in the 1960s!
Once upon a time there used to be a ‘ring’ in The Stock Exchange (you dummy [...]