How much should a professional charge as a fee? This is a question that I have found almost impossible to answer. Let me tell you why. Suppose you have a client who has a slightly complicated family relationships. The client is a 65 year old widow who is rich, and has the following assets: One […]
Caveat Emptor ….is of course Buyer Beware…for the readers of this blog… Subramoney.com is a blog run by P V Subramanyam a graduate of Mumbai University. That is the only qualification he has…of course he has passed a few exams on accounting, cost accounting and secretarial functions. He is also trained as a lawyer. This […]
I know of a friend who is about 45 years old and he has NOBODY in the world. A single child, his father was also a single child. His mother was a rebel who did not keep in touch with anybody at all. Now after his parents death he has nobody at all. It is […]
There are a few words which when a financial planner says looks cool. If my planner said them to me, I would look for a new planner! What are the words? 1. I will give clear, and UNBIASED advice! After 30 years in the trenches of the financial services industry I have not been able […]
Terror strikes Delhi…and a young lawyer, among others is killed. His uncle says…he had to stand in a queue to go in because he had not taken his coat. Fair enough, the human mind thinks like this. However his uncle should perhaps accept ‘If he had to die on Thursday afternoon in a New Delhi […]
As a part of the conspiracy of the rich they do not teach finance at the school / college level. – Robert Kiyosaki I do not have enough data to agree or disagree with this statement. However I was quite stunned that none of the professional courses – medical, law or engineering teach even basic […]
Well Anna Hazare is a tough nut to crack…and we have seen that: Manish the great spokesperson of Congress says: Anna should stand for an election if he wants to do something for democracy, OR HE IS ANTI democracy. I will let my brilliant readers decide between Manish, Kapil Sibal, PC and Amika Soni on […]