This is for all the kids I know. Some of them are smart, some very smart. However money management is not a part of their curriculum (really sad)…so here are some tips. You can use it or discard it….just my views: 1. Decide only on the big things together: The Rs. 800 T shirt which […]

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Frankly I do not have an answer…but let us see what can happen. Lots of people who have made money on the up ride from 9k to 20k whom I know are happy to sit on cash earning 10 to 10.5% p.a. interest. See the IDBI bank ad – it is screaming a rack rate […]

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Too many blogs, too many columns, too many writers. Very little actionable ideas. Too many theories. Too much of cut paste. Let us look at one of them today. It is not the timing, but the time spent in the market that is important. Is it true? Yes of course. Is it true always and […]

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this is a part of the inflation story in Moneymantra…. Well there are two things to understand – inflation hurts only in the long run. If you have an expenditure coming up in the next 2 years inflation should not be a bother. However if you are looking at the longer run – say upwards […]

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Predicting is difficult as many experts have learned from their own past experience..

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this appeared on Utvi when the index was 11,000 or thereabouts… In the latest episode of Smart Money, UTVi’s Vikram Oza interviewd PV Subramanyam who is a Financial Trainer. Is it a common to people stop making investments when times are tough? Subramanyam: When the markets are down, people ask if they can stop their […]

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My name is P V Subramanyam, a Chartered Accountant by qualification and a financial trainer by profession. To make money you need simple ideas and discipline. Hopefully that comes out in the blog. After a 20 year career serving in the trenches of the financial services industry – from Equity broking, mutual fund advising, corporate […]

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