My equity broker has a very high self esteem, spends a lot of time in meditation, practices and teaches Reki, and generally leads a very healthy life. I asked him once to explain the reasons of his peace of mind – he really looks tranquail. His choice of friends, clients, food, books, etc are all […]
How can a Doc retire early? Docs start earning quite late in life – at least the big bucks come at a late stage. So is it really possible for a Doc to retire early? It really looks difficult. Docs unless they are super specialized and have created some kind of aura about their capabilities […]
Thanks to the fact that I write and also run a blog, I get a lot of questions expecting ‘Yes’, ‘No’. Invest in ‘Hdfc Growth fund’, or ‘do not touch unit linked plans’ kind of answers. This to me is difficult. Even when people ask me “What do you think of Tata Steel?” (Ok when […]
I do a lot of training for IFAs – here are somethings that they wish they could tell their clients: – If you can find all the answers on the net, please ask that website to get you a printout of your portfolio when you want, why should I call the fund house? – It […]
In our office we have a big team which works on a personal finance software – which failed and has been scrapped (update on 10th July, 2018) So the kids in that team keep asking what is financial freedom? My answer is simple, and here it is: 1. Largely, if you can laugh a lot […]
Continuing my Art of giving, I decided to look into our mythology to find some interesting stories. The first story that I was reminded of was a story of Duryodhana, Karna and Lord Krishna. Duryodhana was a big hearted guy and did a lot of charity. However, he was a little upset that only Karna […]
It is so funny that when markets are rising, everybody asks you to buy, and when it is falling everybody asks you to sell! One commentator who unabashedly acused another big investor of “luring” the poor investor into the market (when the index was 7000), then changed his mind to predict 25000, then changed […]