Most of the Governments of the world have been subsidised by the middle class. Let me explain. The biggest borrower in India is the Government of India – about 80% let us say. Now this government along with the RBI can decide the interest rates for most of us. They decide: at what rate PPF […]

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Some retirement advice was not bad to give even 20 years ago. People retired at 58 and promptly died at 65. Their PF and gratuity lasted till they did, and then it did not matter. Now chances are you will lose your job at 55, not have a pension, and live till age 90. So […]

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Doctors are the toughest to define professionals! You find doctors earning as little as Rs. 200,000 a year to doctors earning Rs. 200,000 a day. It may be some exaggeration, but it is not far away from the truth. However not all doctors are rich, handsome and  managing their moneys well. Also contrary to public […]

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  Are we in a slowdown or in a recession? Well, nobody has an answer to this question. When we see the media hysteria we keep wondering how ‘shriller’ can the voices become? If you are in the middle portion of your life and surrounded by EMIs for your house, children’s education, car payments the […]

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There is a bunch of investors with whom I am friends with.  Some of them are real rich and some of them are super rich. Let us say apart from a nice house with a value of about a Million US $, they would have a net-worth ranging from a Million US $ to 10 […]

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Even though this is not the tax season, I do get a lot of questions related to ELSS. Let me enumerate them: 1. Should I invest in ELSS? 2. Is there a  lock in? When does the lock in start and when does it end? 3. What rate of interest will I get (yes, still […]

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