One assignment that an MBA class likes (loves) is to do projects. It better be projects which are easy to do of course! One MBA class where I suggested that they go out meet IFAs and a few customers to find out how the investing process works was greeted with shock by everybody including the […]
NPS – New pension scheme or National pension scheme….does attract a lot of attention from many investors. However the jury is still out on whether one should invest in it nor not invest. One major (I mean MAJOR) DRAWBACK is you have no clue what will happen once you finish the accumulation stage and go […]
Many people have heard or read about diversification but may not be aware of what it really means. Here is an attempt. One girl came up to me and said I need to invest in ELSS (equity linked saving scheme) for saving some Income tax what should I do. I suggested Hdfc Tax Saver and […]
http://www.subramoney.com/book-written-by-me/ Here is a complete and full list of books that I like my students to read. Extremely long, and randomly written i hope to write reviews on all these books and it should be available soon. Some of these book reviews have already appeared in the In house magazine of BSE called Sensex. Some […]
Hare and the Tortoise Retold Here is a story of two different investors – who just happen to be real clients of mine. Since I cannot name them I need to give them pseudonyms. One investor is Mr. Kachua. As this is a derived name, you can guess his basic nature – he is cool […]
This article appeared in the inaugural issue of Money Mantra a new Personal Finance Magazine from New Delhi…1st Nov. 2009. Have not reproduced the table in excel. FMCG is suddenly the favorite amongst everybody! Why is this so? Well any fund which clocks 67% return in one year is bound to suddenly attract interest, is […]
A couple of days ago I got a mail saying “Insurance is a waste of money. I am 62 and never needed it”. It is such an amazingly stupid statement I could not believe it. ‘I’ have not needed it does not mean ‘nobody’ needs it. So it is foolish to talk like this. It […]