Some questions plaguing parents about money have been the following: 1. Should I delay my saving/ investing for retirement BECAUSE I am saving for my children’s education ? 2. Should I dip into my Retirement kitty to pay for my children’s education ? Sadly in the Indian context education is just a broad word I […]
Assuming a diary is a place where you will write down your darkest, best, …..an investment diary is a must. These 5 things MUST, MUST, MUST go into a diary if you really want to improve as a stock picker: a) log all ideas – history tells you which were good and which bad. A […]
Women need to plan for their retirement more than men need to – because they work for a lesser period and live longer. However they do have some major obstacles towards achieving this goal: 1. They study less: Academically women do better, but even in communities where education is important girls are NOT encouraged […]
I liked the 3 farmers who came on Satyameva Jayate and said “for my family I grow vegetables and fruits separately. For commercial farming I use pesticides. Products look good, but have a lot of pesticides. Like the CxO of a life insurance company said: “I cannot be investing in Unit Linked Plans’” I […]
Not sure how many of you even remember the big printed (8-9 pages) airline tickets (not too long ago – 2002 it was still in vogue)…the travel agent (without whom you could not book the tickets), the discounts of 8% that the agents gave (to people who asked!!), or the free ticket for the wife […]
The word reverse split is used in 2 contexts – one in the running parlance and one in the stock exchange / equity market parlance. In the running parlance it means running the second portion of the race FASTER than the FIRST portion. For example if you run 6 km in the first half an […]
Subra we may be a great marketing and distribution company, but we are no patch on the steel, cement and finance companies. This was said by one of the World’s great FMCG company….this is so true. Let us see how the real estate market works AGAINST the renter and FOR the owner: 1. ‘You cannot […]