doing a lecture at Bangalore Stock Exchange (http://www.bgse.co.in/) on 28th August Sunday at 10.00am to about 1.00pm Topic: Financial Planning and Asset Allocation in Volatile Times Location: Mahaveer Jain College Conference Hall, Next to Bangalore Stock Exchange, 1st Cross, J C Road, Bengaluru 560 027. 080-41405271

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Make that first investment; waiting is costing you a bomb! After every lecture on financial planning, I get many requests for information from, young people just starting out in life. Regardless of their age, people do realize that a little upfront planning and action can put them ahead of the game. Thanks to the paid […]

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I normally do only subject matter training. This is capital markets, financial planning, etc. etc. However some of this spills into a sales / attitude training too. In the sense that people ask me ‘If the client says….what should I say?’…I realise that selling life insurance or mutual funds is a really taxing and difficult […]

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People ask me what should a financial planner do? Well if I were to write a book on financial planning, I could write a few chapters on this topic. One thing however he MUST do is ask you a lot of questions – some painful. For example when I talk to a new, unknown person […]

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You have just crossed your 23rd birthday, when you’ve gained the education and/or skills you need for the career you’ve chosen, and you’re earning money and learning how to handle it. Ok, ok you are not in your twenties but are in your thirties and have started looking at financial planning. Fine, this article will […]

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I have said this many times in the past….the easiest person who can be blamed is the distributor..so blame him! A couple of months ago Moneylife carried an article by Mr. Balakrishnan as to why investors should use the services of a bank, and not that of an individual distributor. I found it amusing, but […]

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When somebody asked me….what are the steps in financial planning, I just said: 1. have a plan – including a budget 2. stick to the plan – save as much, save as often – in good equity assets 3. sit with a planner – whet your goals 4. take a insurance cover 5. do a […]

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