Some people call it sensible spending or Conscious spending…well this is not a new concept, but a new way of looking at things. See how we spend money – normally it is on a reflex. Like ordering tea in a hotel – it is assumed all the people will have it. Tea may be a […]

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Sunday..thoda sa philosophy! When ‘WM’ died and went to heaven, she was not very happy. She spoke to God and wanted to know how come she did not get many things in life that she wanted. God did not say anything. He just smiled at her and said ‘Kid go around Heaven and see everything […]

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The CWG was held in India from 3rd October. It is a big and prestigious event in which many things had gone wrong. However the way the media is screaming its lungs about how everything is wrong in India and everything is right all over the world is a little (or a lot) sickening. I […]

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If you read all my posts you will find that I am not such a big US hater, but yes they have got many things wrong. First of all I find the way of calculating GDP is so bad (all over the world including India) that it sucks. For example if there is a big […]

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I met somebody a few days back and he asked me the following questions: Why do you write a blog? What is the goal? What is India’s biggest financial planning issue? What are you doing to help the spread of financial literacy? I liked the questions, but he must have felt that my answers were […]

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Well he can do many things!! Some of the things that he can do are the following: 1. Identify your REAL goals and hurdles in reaching them. 2. Convert the goals into challenges and make sure you are willing to put in the resources to achieve them 3. Identify your personality – some people think […]

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This is crazy. What has happened in Satyam for me looks like an action replay.  When Ketan Parekh was ramping up his’K10′ shares I was asked why am I not buying a particular ‘S’ software. It was flouted to me that a particular fast growing fund was buying its shares and the company was doing […]

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