there are many lessons for the retail investor from the budget: 1. It is a very important event if you are running a blog, website, channel, magazine, newspaper. It allows you to have a lot of chance for creating content. 2. No impact on the common man from an investing or tax planning point of […]
When somebody asked me….what are the steps in financial planning, I just said: 1. have a plan – including a budget 2. stick to the plan – save as much, save as often – in good equity assets 3. sit with a planner – whet your goals 4. take a insurance cover 5. do a […]
at various levels the common man has been told lies. The common man being the common man, he believes the newspapers, the television channels, the experts who come on television, the advisers, the media experts…..and everybody and everyone. Let us see some more of the lies that he/ she believe: 1. India is a socialistic […]
I have been getting lots of mails from Nris all over the world – Australia, Bahrain, US, UK,… not sure if there is a pattern..many of them want to invest in India and are wondering how? If i were to address issues relating to Nri investors…what are the areas that YOU would want me to […]
Most people I know pay taxes and also file tax returns. However to say that they file taxes honestly is a little difficult to say. As a social psychologist if you do analyze why people do not pay taxes, the following seem to be the reasons: a. Does not seem reasonable: Why should I pay […]
Indian elite (with whom I deal) is an amazing lot. I frankly do not know about people in other countries, so let me speak for Indians alone. We like to complain about – poor service of trains, poor roads, corruption, high taxation, poor policing, poor state machinery, pathetic infrastrucutre in general, fall in the education […]
this article appeared in Moneycontrol some time back, but (not surprisingly) not too many people appreciated it. Frankly this is one of the best lessons Independent Financial Advisors can teach their investors. THERE are some word pairs that go hand in hand. When you say one you cant help but think of the other – […]