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 […]
I know this may sound sacrilegious, but the housing loan (mortgage) interest deduction is the most over-rated tax strategy in existence. I constantly hear happy “homeowners“ boasting about how much money they “saved“ with their mortgage interest deduction. Asking your boss to reduce your salary would perhaps have the same effect. If you are in […]
In the past I had done 3 articles calling the article ‘ranking trap’. These articles were written on 5th july, 20th july and 19th dec. Using past data to judge is height of “&^%$#*” – fraud or comedy depending on your point of view. Mutual fund ranking is a fantastic money spinning game for most […]
I deal with the financial services sector in a major way. This means I deal with employees, trainers, vendors, owners of companies, etc. largely in the financial services sector. This sector over did everything from 2002 to 2007 – like all other sectors in the economy. Having seen salaries go up from Rs. 1.8L for […]
I must consider my self very, very lucky. During the Harshad Mehta Boom, I bought an office space for personal usage. When the index reached 21000 I had no reason to sell. However just luckily I decided to get out of some very high price earning stocks like Tata Power, L&T, Hdfc, and invest in […]
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 […]
This article appeared in the December issue of Money Today…. ON THE FUND HUNT P.V. SUBRAMANYAM, Financial Trainer If past records were enough to predict the future, the result of every match would be known even before it started. Similarly, if the past performance of mutual funds was the only barometer, no fund investor would […]