The process of providing financial fitness involves four basic steps. If you have the time, objectivity, inclination (to take time off from your family to do this) and expertise in accounting (to file your tax returns), investments, taxation, insurance, and estate planning, you can do this process on your own. However, avoiding personal bias is […]

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For all those people who love eating out, and eating proceesed foods, there is a website to visit! Funny how we think of healthy living – and believe doctors (and the process food industry) who tell us that wheat bread, wheat pasta, …are all good for us. Why they even tell us that coconut oil […]

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My Gym trainer is also my client for advisory services and this is the dialogue that we have had: My Gym trainer: I have been coming to you for the past 4 years and I do not feel rich Me: Are you earning as much as you said you are? GT: Yes of course – […]

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I met somebody a few days back and he asked me the following questions: Why do you write a blog? What is the goal? What is India’s biggest financial planning issue? What are you doing to help the spread of financial literacy? I liked the questions, but he must have felt that my answers were […]

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http://www.subramoney.com/finance-for-non-finance-people-workshop/ Since the name of the game is transparency …all websites should be made to disclose how the costs add up. For example on mutual fund, banking and life insurance sites there should be a ‘disclosure’ of salaries. I should know that the MD got a salary of Rs. 2 crores + esop +….This will […]

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One of the most important things I HAVE to do while training Relationship Managers in banks is to keep reminding them that they are not: a. Fund Managers nor are they b. Financial planners. The roles of each person – inspite of some common areas – is vastly different. Similarly another worry is – the […]

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Or Why you do not need an investment consultant ! If you need bypass surgery, you should find the most qualified surgeon available. If you’re getting sued, you should hire the best defense lawyer in town.These 2 are fairly obvious and I do not think you can do your own root canal surgery, brain surgery […]

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