Either people do not understand or do not want to apply common sense….so some investment myths continue. Let me list some of the emails that I have received recently…. 1. ‘What ever you say about Gold, NO OTHER ASSET CLASS has given the kind of return that gold has given in the last 40 […]
Stupid question? Well let us attempt an answer first…then decide whether the question is stupid…. The full repayment of principal and interest is guaranteed by the government, so there is no way how you will get less than what you paid for. So in a way it is safe. However if you have a 8% […]
Unless your parents have set the Thames, Ganges, Kosi, Nile on fire, chances are they have not managed their investments well. They may have done well, but it may not have been their strategy – could be luck! So here are somethings that your parents / elders / teachers may tell you…and you should…ignore! […]
When I say retired people I mean people who do not have any earned income. That means they are dependent on: pension interest and dividends children Well these people have some really tough decisions to make: 1. Where to stay? : I have stayed all my life in Mumbai, now I have a house in […]
Subra with so much of volatility, is it worthwhile being in equities? You remember the Rs. 3 lakhs that I put in a fund about 4 years ago is up only about 12% – should I sell it and put it in National Savings Certificate? Market has not been good at all for me. It […]
Just wondering what advise would the American investors be getting from their advisers? Well they must be saying: – US has been downgraded, but our government is still able to borrow at rates at their lowest rates in the past 60 years. – US is growing at a rate better than all the others in […]
REPOSTING FROM LAST YEAR…. Immaterial of your age..just go back and see who are the people whom you remember fondly? It is the people who taught you something – a teacher. This teacher could have taken any form. My mother who made me read Ramayana in 3rd standard (in an till then alien language […]