http://www.subramoney.com/personal-financial-planning-workshop If you belong to a category of people who mix personal relationships and business relationships, welcome to being an Indian! However there is a marked change happening – and there is no age group which is changing. Let me give you some examples. I deal with a person who heads training in a Wealth […]
Here is LIC trying to sell a ulip plan for creating wealth. Then Mr. Pranab Mukherjee calls up and says “buy ntpc @ 214” so Lic says..ok sir. Wealth for whom? Govt of India? UNit holder? And what is IRDA doing this. Let us say if such a deal was done by Tata, Birla, Reliance, […]
Women need to know more about money than men do. However in real life this very important task is usually outsourced to the men in their lives – sometimes with tragic results. Many girls and women I know do not even accept the full responsibility for their financial lives. Immaterial of whether it is a […]
“Of one thing be certain: if a CEO is enthused about a particularly foolish acquisition, both his internal staff and his outside advisors will come up with whatever projections are needed to justify his stance. Only in fairy tales are emperors told that they are naked.” – Warren Buffett Making a projection to impress the […]
http://www.subramoney.com/book-written-by-me/ I started the previous post by saying that my portfolio has the benefit of one of the finest wealth managers in the country. So the mistakes here are completely mine. If he had a chance I would not have bought any of the following shares. Trusting the Chairman / CEO of a company: No […]
When the mutual fund industry was groaning about the ban on entry loads, the sounds seemed genuine, but not any longer! Why do companies start a mutual fund (big houses in other financial products) we assume they do this to earn money, correct? Well I am not so sure now. The latest giga offer I […]
I have myself written many times about how to get rich and such other topics. Now I am myself changing it – some may even say topsy turvy. Ok if you do google you will find the steps – have a plan, make a budget, save money, invest it, put it in a mutual fund, […]