Internationally as well as Nationally it is now well known that meditation is playing an important role in fund management. Either it is a confirmatory bias – I know more people in the BFSI space so more stories are reaching me, or that meditation itself is getting very popular. Whatever it is, meditation seems to […]
Many kids in their 20s are serious about their career. Sadly many, many more are not. The reasons for this are not far to seek. Many of them have been told that it is all right to keep wondering what to do in your 20s. Not true at all. I know of one boy who […]
So many people ask me this question that I can reply without much thought….. Well to start with, 1. Do not open with a broker: I know how a broker used client A’s share to do a pay in for client B. It is a matter of relief that the shares were replaced next week, […]
I have been asked this question a million times, and I have said NO a million times. However, like all personal finance (and especially life insurance) topics there is no straight forward answer. So let me start by saying NO. If your children are young, and dependent on YOUR income they do not need any […]
A survey in the USA – the land where ‘Greed is Good’ was created and is defended – showed how people with MORE actually are NOT liking it. Just check what happens when you have more. It actually forces you to choose – whether it is shirts, pants, a big menu card, a coffee shop […]
When you go to a doctor, he looks at you and suggests some tests. Once the reports are out, he calls you for a ‘consulting’. Then he tells you: Mr. A it is all stress. You look at your wife sitting next to you….and almost say ‘see it is all stress’. What is wrong […]
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 […]