Here is a mail from a reader…I thought readers / fans of planners / etc. should respond. Would love a response from Babar Zaidi, Ritu Kant Ojha, Anirrudha, Kamya Jaiswal, Debashis Basu, Khyati Dharamsi, Deepa Venkatraghvan, …other CFPs, ….all others welcome. I personally do not understand how personal financial planners work (well to a great […]
So by the end of January we have made our resolutions, promised to keep them, and have now broken them, have we not? Well what are the major ways a person breaks / destroys resolutions? Not sure about the other resolutions – but financial resolutions are destroyed by the following people behaviour: 1. Missing out […]
This is a very old story…you can attribute the wise man to be Moses, Buddha, Tenali Raman, Birbal….choice is yours. The story goes like this…. There was a man who was digging a well. He was hoping to strike water soon. One man came up to him and said ‘Arre you are digging for water […]
Many people have been asking me this question…’You say all this…but where do you invest?’. Well very clearly I invest only in equities. Other than a small amount in debt (which should be say next 4-5 years household expenses) + some money in PPF and planning to open a Senior Citizen Yojana a/c for my […]
I could not agree more with you SJ! There is no doubt that all clients may not listen to you, nor should you expect that. After all we listened only to people who met 2 criteria: – we were sure had the competence to give the advice (first parents, then teachers, then friends, then parents […]
Caller: Mr. Subra I am happy you have taken my call…I am 73 years of age and have about 98% of my net worth in equity.. Me: My GOD! Sir I am aghast ..how can you have all your net worth in equities alone..it is too risky do you not know? Caller: Sir I did […]
Over the past few years that the mutual fund industry has existed it has not grown as much as people would like you to believe it has. There are about 800 schemes – equity / predominantly equity schemes. If you sort the folios PANCARD wise, I do not think there are more than 100,000 reasonably […]