In 2007 many people had a lot of funds in equities….in 2013 Indians do not have too much money in equities. So to that extent 2013 does not look like 2007! When will the retail Indians come to the equity market? Difficult to say. The retail investor is scared of the equity markets (not understanding, […]
Let us start at the beginning….what is Libertarian Paternalism? Well it is a subtle way of making people towards rational choices. For example when a person joins for employment the employment form includes an AUTO sign up for an index fund. Say NPS to the extent of 3% of basic salary. The employer also contributes […]
Caveat Emptor ….is of course Buyer Beware…for the readers of this blog… Subramoney.com is a blog run by P V Subramanyam a graduate of Mumbai University. That is the only qualification he has…of course he has passed a few exams on accounting, cost accounting and secretarial functions. He is also trained as a lawyer. This […]
Here is a quick list on what I will not write on: -Taxation esp personal tax. There are more than enough people doing this. -Stock specific tips etc. I may do it once in a while, but not as a regular thing, and not something that is useful. I mean I will not do updates […]
I just did a post saying ‘Men and Money’ so here is a post on Women and Money. Assuming that the Man is the main provider and the wife is the secondary (financial) provider, what are the things she should do to know how much is the husband earning? Is it enough? Are they living […]
There is a big hoopla about XBRL – and all people talk about ‘data integrity’. Well what is data integrity? Well if you are a user of data in India (no clue how it is abroad) you spend half the time wondering whether the data you are using is correct or not.And for those of […]
Here is a mail from a reader…I thought readers / fans of planners / etc. should respond. Would love a response from Babar Zaidi, Ritu Kant Ojha, Anirrudha, Kamya Jaiswal, Debashis Basu, Khyati Dharamsi, Deepa Venkatraghvan, …other CFPs, ….all others welcome. I personally do not understand how personal financial planners work (well to a great […]