Recently heard of 2 frauds in companies lending against gold…. One of the biggest risk in a single commodity lending is the risk of that asset falling so badly that it creates a lot of NPA in your books. Now the lovers of gold will argue till the cow comes home that this cannot happen. […]

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We just saw…part 1 of ‘should I retire at all’…now here are the hassles – or why I have been having these doubts! Here are the reasons: Of course the most important question is “Will my corpus last 4 decades….for me and my wife to survive on”… 1. In India we have NO social security […]

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When boys are young they are asked – When will you become a man? Sadly people think becoming a ‘Man’ is attaining a particular age. If that is so then all boys will become men. I think attaining maturity is the sign of a boy becoming a man. Here is a story of 3 young […]

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