I had got Amar Pandit’s book for Children. Here is my daughter’s understanding of the book. She is in 4th standard, Apeejay School, Nerul, Navi Mumbai..here it is in her own words. I had posted a part of the article earlier too..this is the full one.. Recently my father got a copy of a book […]

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One professor of a college wrote into a leading personal finance magazine: “I do not agree with you…Equity is not a great investment. The Sensex started in 1978 at a base of 100 and in 2007 reached 20,700. This means 207%. Now this means it has given a CAGR (think compounding!) of 6.9%. We could […]

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Fortunately or unfortunately most of the net wealth that I have created is by being in the markets and for long periods of time. However this did not lead to a career in Portfolio Management Services – simply because the method of compensation and the amount of compensation did not attract me at all. If […]

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Funny how such a big organisation like the PF authorities do not need to do any mark to market but are ocassionally given some higher (tax free) interest credits. The other advantage is interest once credited, it cannot be taken back. If you have money put more in VPF has been my call (for those […]

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For most readers of my blog this is an avoidable post. My simple, sincere, honest advice is stay away from options. However there are some die hard borrowers (leverage lovers) for whom options are tempting…and many times fatal. Options are risky is a right statement for investors. However if you are a trader who holds […]

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Who pays the highest amount of tax in the country? Mr. Ambani? or Mr. Narayanamurthy? Well neither. Let us see the life history of a typical government or a bank employee. They join for service after a competitive exam – after that they are happy to hold on to that job for life. They earn […]

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Rediff has carried an article of mine yesterday…here it is.. http://getahead.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/aug/24/slide-show-1-money-how-to-retire-rich.htm it is the most emailed article as of yesterday….not sure about today…

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