So many people today advising on equities that it is good fun talking to some of them. Two good offers that I have got recently are quite stunning…not really relevant for me but here is the story. First is a big deal in terms of size – it is worthwhile for the broker to do […]
How to marry a billionaire is a question many people reading my blog may be interested to know…here is an article..which seems to have a slightly ‘female side’ bias. However it has some useful tips. However it comes a little late for many of the readers of this blog – I see the average age […]
Many people deal with kids in a way that they think they do not understand money…This is very funny and sad. Let us run a checklist on what your kids are learning: – Do your kids realize that everything costs money? The domestic servant, the driver, electricity, using a house (rent), banking, investing – NOTHING […]
For many people doing their MBAs and CA there is always a challenge in defining financial services. Let us see what all financial services includes in India (as of now). Well it includes the following: Banking Life Insurance General Insurance Capital Market Services Mutual fund Leasing Hire Purchase Securitization Credit Rating Venture Capital Factoring Services […]
an article urging people to start saving…even if it is only Rs. 40 a day… make a start, and you can become a lakhpati – that is what the article says. Of course they could have said crorepati..but this is what they have said. The response from Lokmat is that many people wanted to buy […]
“The government issues a half baked scheme and expects people to buy it?” This is exactly what a person who had a choice told me. He was talking about the NPS. Many people have hailed it as a great scheme. I have serious misgivings. The debt instruments that the NPS buys are not indexed. So […]
Many people have asked me – do you trade? and the answer has always been – ‘kind of’. I am convinced that you can build a kind of permanent portfolio – but you need to be thick skinned, and deaf to all the noise around you. I have been told by many well wishers that […]