a variant of this appeared in www.moneycontrol.com DATE OF ORIGINAL ARTICLE: 2007….NOW we are in 2013….please adjust all dates accordingly… Normally people invest to get returns. No doubt, everyone invests for returns. That magic figure governs the fate of all investment products. The logic in people’s minds is simple: The better the returns, the more […]

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Many people including family has screamed at my idea of renting instead of buying a house (rather any asset). My idea is quite simple. Whatever you use has a cost. The cost of any product is made up of materials, overheads, interest, depreciation, and manufacturer’s margin. If you use a taxi say for 20 hours […]

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this article appeared in www.moneycontrol.com If you ever wondered how much to invest, read on! THERE are some word pairs that go hand in hand. When you say one you cant help but think of the other – eg. chicken and egg, carrot and stick, marriage and love, beach and sun and so on. When […]

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It is easy for the common investor to get carried away by the agent telling him about the “best performing fund”. The question to ask is “How will the fund manager maintain the same rate or a similar track”. The answer is we cannot. Check out the article on risk and performance. See the amount […]

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