This is not a financial post, so what is it doing in this blog? Good question, but I felt that a question like this has a tremendous impact on your portfolio too. Taking your eye off the ball for a long time can create havoc with your portfolio. That could be scary. Grief takes a […]
People have been asking me…”Is Greece such a big problem…Is Eurozone crisis so difficult to handle…..” Frankly it is the government of India playing the proverbial ‘foreign hand crisis’. This allows them to do what they want, and not get blamed. Surely Greece is not to be blamed for our huge, mammoth deficit. G […]
This is such a catchy headline and completely contradictory to my saying ‘if you do not know what you are going to do with your leisure, do not retire’! Frankly the word ‘Retirement’ means ‘doing what you enjoy rather than doing what you must’. So a retired doctor could still be in practice – […]
There are some basic rules for investors and more importantly for Retirees: 1. What you do not understand, is not worth knowing: If a financial planner tells you ‘Sir, you do not understand this, I will explain it to you’ – please be IMPOLITE and ask him to …….. (unprintable!). NOBODY (repeat NOBODY) is interested […]
Let us see what the law says about Board Composition (some of it is common sense too!): – board should have an optimum mix of Executive and Non-Exec directors – check all remuneration is checked by the Board and approved by the shareholders – check whether the Board has met at least 4 times in […]