an old article being reposted. Look at both these stories from a personal finance point of view…I believe Naushad wanted his family to go through a lot of trouble, but not confirmed…read on…. There are two news items in today’s Times of India – both related to personal finance. One is about Naushad (who knew […]
From the age of 50 or thereabouts you need to be planning for retirement. Typically you may be planning to retire at 52-65 depending on many factors of your life..here are a few things you need to take care of: a. Communicate with your spouse: If you think you will retire at 55 and your […]
No health deteriorates overnight. Sure we have heard of cancer, liver and kidney failure – but there are always some signals. Ignore them, and you are dead. Literally. Similarly are there some signals that you can pick up from a business that pre warn you about failure? Well here a few that I remember from […]
Here is a query that I got from a person whom I know from my blog….(I do not know her except through emails, but she is a very smart professional). Here is the query “Had a visitor from xyz securities yesterday. He wanted me to open a trading account offline.I have a broking account which […]
At my age I should be on the side of the parents of 24 year olds – but funnily I am finding it difficult in many cases. This is perhaps because many parents are like Hiranyakashipu (please read Dasavatharam). Hiranyakashipu was a demon who had so much ego that he wanted to be God. People […]
For all those people who love eating out, and eating proceesed foods, there is a website to visit! Funny how we think of healthy living – and believe doctors (and the process food industry) who tell us that wheat bread, wheat pasta, …are all good for us. Why they even tell us that coconut oil […]
Our FM has at last politically consented to an increase in fuel prices. So if you are a shareholder, rejoice. Your company is now perhaps 12 months away from bankruptcy instead of 2. That is about all. Look at the fertiliser subsidy. Who gets it? Farmers growing potato for Pepsi, Coke, ITC, – so that […]