Money in the hand today is worth more than money that will come in tomorrow. Obviously money has a time value. However questions are never asked like this… For example a friend has a small cozy flat in one of the suburbs of Mumbai. He paid Rs. 77,000 for it in the year 1976 – […]

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Tuesday did a session at the MoneyLife office at Shivaji Park….’It is not your income, but your wealth that counts’ . Like everybody, I like to see my pictures – which Moneylife has put up on its website..so please look at it (it will do My ego a lot of good, i think, I do […]

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Once upon a time there was a king and he had a faithful slave. His slave would do everything for him and would go everywhere where the king went. He had so to say no own life – he was like the king’s shadow. The king loved him….and was also completely dependent on him. One […]

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I was stunned when a guy whom I was interviewing said: “Sir Real Estate Prices DO NOT GO DOWN..I have been in the markets for 5 years, and in Navi Mumbai where I have been doing Loan against Property sourcing, I have not seen real estate prices come down, EVER”. Another student/ candidate said: “Sir […]

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There is a huge real estate mafia which holds prices unrealistically high in Mumbai. I have no grievances – but it is mispricing all the services available in Mumbai. A trust which owns a school in Santacruz, Khar, Ghatkopar or Chembur (just 4 suburbs) can charge whatever fee it wants. Does it mean the teachers […]

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Well this is not a ‘how to guide’ – just a talk that I had with a ‘turn around’ specialist. I met him at a social function and what he said was interesting. Hence the blog article. Many of the things he told me were intuitive. So I will not dwell on things like cut […]

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In a severe blow to the Anil Ambani group (Adag) seeking cheap gas from elder brother Mukesh-led RIL, the Supreme Court on Friday (today 7th May, 2010) said that the Government of India has the right to the last word on pricing and utilisation of national assets like gas. The court held that all the […]

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