Thanks to the fact that I write and also run a blog, I get a lot of questions expecting ‘Yes’, ‘No’. Invest in ‘Hdfc Growth fund’, or ‘do not touch unit linked plans’ kind of answers. This to me is difficult. Even when people ask me “What do you think of Tata Steel?” (Ok when […]
There is one person who is rarely quoted in Financial Circles. He is George Bernard Shaw. He said “Whenever I go to my tailor, he measures me up”. I wish all of us would do it! Once we decide on a particular thing we do not let new facts change our minds. We carry prejudices […]
A friend gave me lots of paper saying “My cousins husband has died, she is a nominee will you please transfer all the mutual funds to her name”. I said this is a breeze, will do it. Then started my ‘breeze’. DSP Mutual fund, Idfc, SBi mutual fund, Icici Prudential, J P MOrgan, Franklin Templeton,…his […]
Anne Frank – perhaps the most enduring voice of the World War II – would have turned 80 today. ‘Sadabishekam’ is celebrated as a thanks giving and for a healthy future. Anne Frank’s 80th birthday is worth celebrating because she can never die. Anne Frank is no longer a person. It is a spirit of […]
On the 10th of June I travelled to Chandigarh and back. This is a little difficult because you need to take a morning Mum-Delhi flight, then fly Delhi-Chandigarh if you want to reach by 11am. The other choice is to take the GO Air flight – I am not very comfortable simply because of the […]
This is not a debate on whether you will live long or not live long. It is simple and easier to assume that you will live long – pretty long if you ask me. If your grand parents are pushing 85, your father is in his 2nd innings, but still holding a job at the […]
Myth: Time in the market is more important that timing the market. This says that the longer you stay invested, the more chances of you making money. Again, only partly true. Good investors know that timing is all. While no one can call market peaks or troughs correctly all the time, we all can figure […]