If you are wondering why I keep repeating some of these things, it is simple. I keep meeting people who make such basic, basic, basic mistakes in investing, that it is painful. I met a person earning Rs. 400,000 a MONTH being asked to take a Rs. 700,000 loan, BECAUSE the interest is tax deductible. […]

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The more I write and the more I communicate with people new to finance, the more I realise the need to ‘de-jargonise’. However I am also convinced that if you need to use your money, it is necessary for you to learn simple words like inflation. With Wikipedia, Investopedia and Google around, I do not […]

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Everybody and his uncle and aunt wants to talk about the great Indian entrepreneur..and how he is great. Well he is not great, he is generally s…ed. If he had a choice he would be in a happy government job, assured of an indexed pension, take leave to see the country…and generally be counting his […]

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There is an alphabetic soup in the financial qualifications – and there are many animals out there. Most first time investors (and some veterans too) are legitimately confused about their role so here is a lesson 101: Financial planner: supposed to know everything about you PERSONALLY so actually called ‘personal financial planner’ who helps you […]

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