Recently when a kid wanted to borrow Rs. 20 lakhs, he went to a bank but got bad rates of interest. The documentation was painful, and the family was not sure whether it was the right thing to do. A rich uncle – actually his dad’s younger brother (kids chacha) offered the loan at exactly […]
Capitalism is when the capital provider works in the business and wants to CONSTANTLY increase its net-worth by honest means so that he can bequeath it to his children, grand children, great grand children…and all of them take the same view. However if you have people who are ‘building a business to sell it off’ […]
A lot of qualified planners have given the following advice to a few people who have written in to me..let me summarize a few of them for you: 1. Equity is risky, it has no place in your portfolio. I write so much about equity, I am sure my readers know how stupid this line […]
Most Hindu kings – or the Kings of Indian origin – acted as a trustee when they managed the kingdom’s money. Even though they were the owners, and theoretically they could do whatever they wanted to do with the money, they managed as though they were to be there permanently. This is easy to believe […]
There is a bunch of investors with whom I am friends with. Some of them are real rich and some of them are super rich. Let us say apart from a nice house with a value of about a Million US $, they would have a net-worth ranging from a Million US $ to 10 […]
There are too many reasons why “investors” lose money in equities. Here I am trying to enumerate some of them. Keep visiting this post because as I get more points I will add them here rather than create a new post. 1. Confusing between trading and investing: Traders and investors both make money if done […]
Mr. Subra my name is A…K. These are some of the facts about me. Please tell me whether I am on the right track please. Facts: AK is 52 years of age, works in a semi-government company. He has a house in Mumbai (current estimated worth Rs. 85 lakhs, located at Mulund). He drives a […]