An excellent profession / business to do now is the financial planning business. Of course some people call it a profession too. Why am I saying this? Simply because we are in the very early stages of the profession. It is like being in the banking business in the 1900s, in the mutual fund business […]

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  What Warren Buffett says about basic investing, spending, savings are so true, that MOST of us know it. However too many of us do not live it. So it is useful if once in a while somebody can just rejig the memory. If it does make a change in your life, thank HIM (I […]

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Those of you who are following me on Facebook know that I recently ran a full marathon. Only a couple of days before I decided to run, and only on the run day did I decide to run 42.2 km. Running a Marathon has a lot of advantages. It allows you to think – and […]

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I do many of these things and keep wondering how to charge for it…However if you do have a FA he should do the following for you: 1. Do not choose that instrument: He should have the guts and knowledge to say what kind of financial instruments YOU as the client should not touch. This […]

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  Will the market recover? When, not whether is the question. If my students do not ask “When will the market touch 21000 again?”, I ask them the same question. The most optimistic answer I have got is 6 months and the most pessimistic answer I have got is 2 years. Very clearly short term […]

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Last week I bought some auto, and telecom stock. In case of Infra I am seriously looking but cannot decide what to buy. Have met a few promoters and know a couple of big companies too well – so touching becomes MORE difficult. The toughest part of investing seems to be to change gears. Last […]

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