This article appeared in Money Today….long back….. From what to how P V Subramanyam October 24, 2007 Print Email These days client questions have changed a little. No more is somebody asking—“Do I need to do financial planning?” Rather the questions are: “How do I do financial planning? What are the advantages?” These questions are […]
Have you ever been tempted by newsletters, sooth sayers, channels, websites offering you immense riches by “timing the market”? I bet you have been. Each year millions of people (worldwide) spend ‘000s of dollars to subscribe to newsletters, email services, sms alerts, phone calls, etc. trying to beat the market. If you see the long […]
I meet a lot of doctors in my professional and social life. Luckily I met a great homeopath doctor about 30 years back – and he has kept me away from medicines SINCE then! So I do not meet doctors for seeking medicines / treatment. However, here are my observations about a doc’s business skills. […]
I am doing a series of short “Why Management should be interested in Personal Financial Well-being of their employees – an Introduction to financial planning” seminars in the following locations on the following dates. This is being sponsored by myiris plus – a revolutionary personal finance software. It will be a 2 hour affair – […]
Hi! Over the years, you have invested a lot of time and money into your academic education. You have broadened your perspective to the next rung of the ladder, and invested in your professional education as well, via job-specific training. At this level you command a higher income, and get to enjoy more of the […]
How can a Doc retire early? Docs start earning quite late in life – at least the big bucks come at a late stage. So is it really possible for a Doc to retire early? It really looks difficult. Docs unless they are super specialized and have created some kind of aura about their capabilities […]
In every financial planning class I need to do a post lunch session. To keep them awake I ask them to do a simple exercise – calculating how much money they require for retirement. Unless they are at least 32-33 years of age, they have no clue as to how much they need for […]