Do you lend money to friends? How do you react when a friend asks for money? Thanks to banks giving loans literally for everything – personal loans, car loans, home loans, these days the number of people asking for loans has gone down. However at one strata of society it is possible that people come […]

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Let us look at some things which were heralded as a fantastic solution for a problem. Then we will see how these have NOW become problems and not a solution as it should have been. Insurance, Home loan, car loan, educational loan, derivatives, leverage, credit cards, ………….. Look at business Insurance. It is a brilliant […]

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In a topsy-turvy world, you need to live by the new rules. So, if you have some money saved or invested and want to see it grow, well, that’s the spirit, right? Well, for many, the biggest impediment is debt. Your investment strategy may be bogged down by education loans, car loans, house mortgage, personal […]

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No not another ban, just another blog. Please also see ‘Sebi bans ulips’ post and the comments. Now we have another problem – the sports minister Mr. Gill has found that the DLF ad contains the word India – and that should not be allowed. Amazing how Mr. Gill has nothing to do but find […]

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If you wanted to make a career in a sport would you just watch that sport on television and hope to be a world beater? No, I guess. Similarly if you want to be a good investor watching television or the pink papers or the personal finance magazines and websites may be not the best […]

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“Never a borrower nor a lender be” because a loan normally loses itself and the friend. This is an old adage right? Surely Nehru, Gandhi, Rajaji did not have a credit card but their great grand children would all be carrying a credit card, maybe a housing loan (or home mortgage as yankees say it), […]

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