Weekend in Pune!

Last weekend was spent in Pune…and almost wholly on investor education! On Saturday I attended a workshop by MoneyLife magazine – a personal finance magazine run by Debashis Basu and Sucheta Dalal – both veteran journalists (ok people born before 1970 are veterans for those who did not know ). So obviously they know most [...]

Annie Frank’s 80th birthday: Today

Anne Frank – perhaps the most enduring voice of the World War II – would have turned 80 today. ‘Sadabishekam’ is celebrated as a thanks giving and for a healthy future. Anne Frank’s 80th birthday is worth celebrating because she can never die. Anne Frank is no longer a person. It is a spirit of [...]

Rent vs. buy: myth busting

continuing the myth busting on rent vs. buy …. “Renting is for poor people.” Of course renting is for poor people – very much true. But it’s for rich people, too. I know if I name some of the people who live in rented houses – with their designations some of you might torch me. [...]

Retirement purchases..

In every class on retirement planning one question which I always get a wrong answer is: “Will you buy big assets like house, car, etc. AFTER you retire?” It is met with an “obviously no. why do you even ask”. Well the obviously no is said and ‘why do you even ask is in the [...]