Recently we heard of Suchitra Krishnamurthy taking her advisor Hsbc to court over her funds being poorly managed. She may or may not win the case, but what is the learning for celebrities (and us too!!) from SK’s case? What could she have done differently if there was a second time around? Well here are […]
This is for all the kids I know. Some of them are smart, some very smart. However money management is not a part of their curriculum (really sad)…so here are some tips. You can use it or discard it….just my views: 1. Decide only on the big things together: The Rs. 800 T shirt which […]
Thanks to my style of writing many people ask me ‘What should be the strategy of investing for a small investor’ – the answer is simple. However we are Indians and we do not like simple things. If you have a brilliant mind, and think you can make money in your profession, and managing money […]
Was talking to a cousin of mine about his investing. He said he had some ‘mutual fund investments’. When I saw it – it was appalling. He is very close but was not too forthcoming about why he had chosen such an array of funds. However he earns very well and spends almost nothing (comparatively) […]
Let us play a game – in school and college we used to call it True or False. Q1. If a person is well educated he will be good at managing money. Ans. FALSE. Completely false. Why do you expect a doctor or an engineer to be suddenly good (or bad) at managing money? No, […]
http://www.subramoney.com/book-written-by-me/ After spending 10 years in the ‘profession‘ of training here are some expensive learning: Television is an entertainment source – not an education source. To be good in the media you need to say something interesting / controversial. Largely you can say anything and be sure that it will not come back to haunt […]
Some amusing incidents… A friend who heads wealth in a big branded organisation was sitting in his office…and I was one of the persons in the room when this happened. We were having coffee when his immediate assisstant came asking him to come along for a meet. My friend said all the right words..You must […]