Mrs. Sanmeet Kaur Sahani is the first lady winner at the Kaun Banega Crorepati..(Indian version of Who wants to be a Millionaire)…this is a program conducted by the legendary Amitabh Bachhan and has got the imagination of the Indian middle class. She won Rs. 5 crores (Rs. 50 million) – about US $ 1 […]
This is a cheat sheet on what you need to know about personal financial planning. I cannot blame you if you are already feeling overwhelmed about the kind of financial stuff being thrown at you! Let us get the basics right: 1. Personal financial planning is SIMPLE. This does not mean it gets done, but […]
Many articles in the media sound like PR handouts of the BFSI space, and it makes for amusing reading. Let us take articles saying ‘an income fund or a liquid fund is better than a bank deposit because it is tax efficient….etc. I do agree with that logic, and I do think that income funds […]
dr m kishan on January 31st, 2013 at 8:15 am e Subra Sir, Goal setting is very important aspect of any effort financial planning may being one. But I always have one query. Imagine if all of my goals are somewhere about 20 years down the time, do I still have to allot different financial […]
A couple of days ago I did a post saying ‘Earning well but poor part 1’, now here is a sequel… 6. You rely on others to take care of your money: A classmate who is a relationship manager in a bank, or a friendly uncle, or …..hardly matters who. It is nice to say […]
Well none of us get a windfall everyday…but what should we do if we get one? There is no clear answer to a question like ‘what to do with a windfall’ – because there is no one answer which will fit all of us. Let us say a person gets a windfall – let […]
So Sushil Kumar has just won himself Rs. 5 crores – and obviously the first question topmost in his mind should be: How should I invest this huge amount? Well let us assume that he gets Rs. 3.5 crores after all taxes are deducted. The following steps are very important: 1. Invest the whole amount […]