The reason it will take years for the market to reach equilibrium – where buyers and sellers can easily meet – is that the market for newer homes has more sellers than buyers! Who is selling? The first is those who bought in the past few years and owe more on their house than what […]
As a financial trainer I train 22 – 35 year olds. Rarely would my class have people senior than this. However as a financial consultant and speaker at public gatherings, I do come across a lot of senior citizens and these are the issues that they face: 1. My son is in the Middle East […]
Funnily I do not get paid for the best investment advice that I have ever given! Let me enumerate some of the client questions which have been addressed in the negative. For a few of my clients the best investments are those that they did not make – but they do not know the value […]
I know a few HNI investors. One thing common to all HNI investors is that they do not like to be classified as a “HNI”. This is good for the adviser too, because no 2 HNIs are alike. Some HNIs are well assured of themselves, satisfied with how their life is going and understand their […]
For most Americans, Christmas has been Hijacked. Or whatever was left of Christmas after the dreaded R word, the non-bail out of the auto giants, but the top most question is: In the fraud dictionary, Has Madoff replaced Ponzi? Every year, I watch, good, honest, hard-working people go and lose a lot of money […]
Many of today’s equity sales people (never mind if they are hawking mutual funds, direct equity, pms, or life insurance) may not really have a perspective on the long-term positive attributes of equity investing. Certainly, equity markets do not always deliver positive returns in a steady upward fashion. Nor are they obliged to do so. […]
When the guy/ girl selling “financial planning solutions” comes to your house and you happily part with the cheque is it her fault for asking or your fault for giving? This is a question I would like to ask all people who complain “I have been mis-sold to”. It is ridiculous that suddenly a retired […]