Subra one does not know whether I will pop off at 45 or like A K Hangal at the age of 98. So in order to live peacefully, I need to create a serious amount of income and wealth. – So said a reader who is about 40 years of age. He also said ‘the […]
I meet people in the ‘well-off’ cadre. I mean people earning not less than Rs. 3L per month cannot be called ‘not doing well’ correct? Some of the things that I tell them, is impossible to believe. Not sure HOW many of you will even believe this (Subra do not think you know everything and […]
Are we in a slowdown or in a recession? Well, nobody has an answer to this question. When we see the media hysteria we keep wondering how ‘shriller’ can the voices become? If you are in the middle portion of your life and surrounded by EMIs for your house, children’s education, car payments the […]
Fund Managers need stories to sell the fund to the investor. Will they ever, ever say sell equity funds and wait in liquid funds? No. Will they sell equities and wait in cash on your behalf. NO. They cannot and should not. This is exactly where a PMS can step in. However I would recommend […]
Not sure how many of you have heard about the book ‘Investment Fables’ – it is a book by Damodaran, and an easy read for the layman. It is not a typical alpha, beta kind of valuation book. This title may not be exactly appropriate, but it is actually a response to many many […]
Thanks to my historic interest in equities, I have some strong views on equity…like the following: a. a small broker cannot make money in broking alone b. a big broker can make money by MONEY lending to traders c. equity is a good investment in the long run d. short term trading is NOT investing […]
Many of my posts have been saying why one should not buy LiC policies, let me tell you the exact / specific reasons why, and I have these views for the past umpteen years, even pre 2001, when you had NO CHOICE: 1) LiC policies like classic endowment are opaque (this is actually true for […]