There is not enough literature or education of how to handle your portfolio during your withdrawing phase. This is obvious – there is no money to be made withdrawing from your portfolio. There is a lot of money to be made while you accumulate it, but NIL when you are withdrawing it. Fair enough, right. […]
First of all get the basics right…Retirement is expensive, EARN it only then will you deserve it. Even if you plan to retire at say 58…it is not too early to start planning for it when you are say 50 years of age. It is necessary to find something worthwhile to do. It cannot […]
When I say ‘Retire’ just too many people think it means old age. Sorry wrong understanding. Retirement, let us redefine. Retirement is when you can do what you WANT, not what you MUST. You do not HAVE to earn to pay off the EMI. Or for paying for the kid’s education or marriage. Thus retirement […]
I remember a few incidents very clearly. A friend was admitted in hospital for a heart ailment – and he was young at 32 years of age. The doc saw the patient and said ‘Oh it is a weight problem’ …then he saw the parents of the friend and said ‘Oh weight is a family […]
One of the kids in our office said “I can write well”. To me that is like music! So I said, ok write an article on ‘how to select a good broker’. This is what she wrote…Please read it carefully, and read my comments below the article. Do not take it seriously, it is the […]
Quite amused about the number of readers who said that the customer is well educated, can make well informed choices…Also many distributors believe that the customer believes them….I know of many cases where they listened to their brokers…and really went broke 🙂 Here read about the great food fraud.. http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/22/how-to-make-oatmeal-wrong/?ref=global-home
Retirement Mistakes. Retirement, purportedly is the most important goal for most of the readers of this column. At least that is what most of the mails that I get say. Yet, looking at the numbers, it is clear that many investors are undermining their good intentions with unfortunate actions. Or inactions should I say? […]