A few of the industries that a common man deals with are in dire need of a Regulator. One of them is Real Estate. There is no common definition of words like built up, loading, super-built-up, charging for parking, brokerage for renting, brokerage for buying and selling. A builder does not have to tell the […]
Many clients, students, readers and friends call back saying “This xyz person is offering me 36% returns on life insurance policies” is it possible?” Sometimes they send me a mail…and the company could be anything from A to Z… My answer has been “The fact that you are asking me shows you do not […]
Money in the hand today is worth more than money that will come in tomorrow. Obviously money has a time value. However questions are never asked like this… For example a friend has a small cozy flat in one of the suburbs of Mumbai. He paid Rs. 77,000 for it in the year 1976 – […]
How did it feel when the Sensex was at 9000 and Mr. Doom Sayer was predicting sensex at 6500 as the next stop? Did you stop to WRITE down that feeling? Risk is funny – you need to feel it in the bones. And more importantly remember it!! With the Sensex up more than 80% […]
Many clients, students and friends call back saying “This xyz person offerred me 36% returns on life insurance policies” is it possible? My answer has been “The fact that you are asking me shows you do not believe it”. After all you do not call me every day for every thing, do you? – is […]