So here is what is the consensus / vast majority view on the contents of the Wealth Book for the youth. By definition of youth I mean the real young earners (but not those looking for student loans), setting up a family, and the early retirement thinkers. Thanks for all the emails, phone calls, […]
When you do a business, the Laws of Economics apply to that also. You buy things add your overheads, add profit and sell the product. Or you sell a product and from that you deduct all your costs and what gets left is profits. In the retail business – especially the book business – about […]
A promise is a promise….! So here is the first installment in how to read financial statements…. Let us start at the very beginning….when a company files its Annual Accounts it files the balance sheet, Profit and Loss account, auditors report, directors report…ARE THESE TRUSTWORTHY? Well they are as trustworthy as your OWN CV. […]
Which is the highest rated debt paper in the world? Well it is AAA. However a country does not get its debt paper rated. When I ask my class ‘why does a country not get its debt rated?’ I normally get a wrong answer….well not normally it is always! Let us see why sovereign […]
As a part of the conspiracy of the rich they do not teach finance at the school / college level. – Robert Kiyosaki I do not have enough data to agree or disagree with this statement. However I was quite stunned that none of the professional courses – medical, law or engineering teach even basic […]
If you are a reasonably big company you need to file your Annual Returns with the RoC (Registrar of companies) in the eXtensible Business Reporting Language. Annual Returns include your Directors Report Auditors Report Profit and Loss Account Balance sheet Notes on accounts Management Discussion Analysis…etc. A company has to file its AR in xbrl […]