Many things in life are better achieved slowly if you want the gain to be permanent! Does this remind you of another boring task – the process of losing weight? If so, welcome! Investing and money management is a lot like eating. So is losing debt like dieting? maybe…maybe not. Is getting out of […]
‘Hello Subra sir where is the market headed’ Me: I do not know. Inv Aspirant: Come on sir, you have been so long in the markets you will surely know. Me: to know where the market (I am assuming you mean Sensex, which is a derivative of the top 30 stocks in the Indian stock […]
Money laundering in India is not a very difficult thing….it could be complicated yes, but not difficult. Also there are many things that you can do with the cash. You could buy tiles for your house, furniture, eat in expensive restaurants, hire a car, air travel…..but beyond an X amount of money that you need […]
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 […]
My take on why we do not manage our OWN finances well: there are many things in our lives which are in the ‘to do’ list. And largely we can classify them as follows: Habit must do: brush your teeth, make your bed, take bath, – not terribly exciting, but we do. Pain must do: […]
People have been asking me…”Is Greece such a big problem…Is Eurozone crisis so difficult to handle…..” Frankly it is the government of India playing the proverbial ‘foreign hand crisis’. This allows them to do what they want, and not get blamed. Surely Greece is not to be blamed for our huge, mammoth deficit. G […]
If you have a lot of money and can afford many things, life is great – Economics. If you have a lot of choice, it adds stress – Psychology. Walk into a typical wedding I attend, the range of food that is available normally numbs me. One of the weddings had a FULL range […]