http://www.subramoney.com/2011/06/investing-books-the-must-read-types/ Many people keep asking me for a list of books to read – books on investing. I had put together a list and I do keep making some changes in them…so instead of making a list again I have put the link to the same article. Books […]
So many parents can afford to send their kids abroad today, it is not funny! And most people would have had aspirations to study in Harvard, Wharton,….the Ivy League. Today they can sign cheques of US $ 150,000 without batting an eyelid when their kid says ‘dad I want to study abroad’… In the 1960s, […]
When you handle personal finance you need to be a little soft, a little hard and sometimes cruel. It is like giving medicines to a kid. Not many clients want to listen to bitter advise. Imagine a professional who wants to invest Rs. 3 crores in a business, where I think he will earn only […]
Just stepped down in our building to stand near a dead body being removed. Had no intention of going to the cemetary…suddenly there were not enough people willing to touch a dead body. Whatever be the reason this was the first funeral of a person whose name I do not know. This was the mother […]
I hate giving tips…and hate people asking for tips. When a person who does not know me from adam sends a mail saying “I have L&T bought at 1485…what should I do now?”. Sorry, I can only delete the mail. I need to know a person before I can recommend anything to him or her. […]
Here is an article which almost looks suspicious because it is in The Economist. Also coming at a time when Mr. Ratan Tata is being badgered by the media this is a nice article. Read on…it is nice..by the way I am an unabashed admirer of the group…my Mom grew up @ Jamshedpur and still […]
A very delicate topic…and an interesting one I guess. Also there cannot be some general rules regarding how relationships get built. However I have heard of fathers on either extremes – those who are great and supportive and those who can leave scars on their kids. For those who have seen Anupama (an old Hindi […]