One friend (lets call him A) came to me complaining about another friend saying ‘D has not returned my loan of Rs. 44,000’. He perhaps wanted a shoulder – and my readers know ‘I hate tears’ (LOL: Amar Prem, Rajesh Khanna!). So I turned and said ‘Why did D choose you to borrow from?’ A […]
End of the road for gold? No, surely not. However it is time to be cautious for sure. What are the risks in gold? Or is it that there are no risks at all, as some readers would like to believe? Well let us look at some of the risks: 1. It is not an […]
Markets fell by 340 points yesterday and has fallen 260 points already today. For people like us markets means sensex! So what to do? I have so many panic sms coming to me! The worst thing to do is to stop the sip! Remember if you had a COMPULSORY SIP….you would have continued to invest, […]
Sunday ka philosophy quota….by the time you read this I would have finished running (people are so cruel, they call it walking when they see me!) the Standard Chartered Mumbai (half) Marthon, 2011…hopefully in good time… There is always an opportunity to help others – and you have no clue from where it can come. […]
Well for all those people who thought that 2008 is long past us should wake up. The world economy is not picture perfect as yet, and we are still in tough times – but it may look smooth. After all the world is also seeing this kind of turmoil for the first time. The Pre […]
A few days back you saw the posting of a kid girl who had spoken about her financial life – and how a mess was created. So here is the solution to the problem. Before I start, let me be clear that this write-up is not a plug for sympathy! I am just intending to […]
It is easy for fund managers and television anchors to talk about index being at a pe of 15…but let us not fool ourselves. There are many shares at pe of 58 and 38 – L&T, Tata Power to name a few. How does one deal with these companies? Well a little differently. Why should […]