Last week I was travelling and therefore watched Television – and it was Utvi Bloomberg that I watched. Here the very sensible (and not so shrill) Surabhi Upadhyay was doing a program on debt reduction / consolidation. Funnily it is perhaps the only program on the borrowing side. Most other channels and ‘personal finance’ experts […]
There have been some emails and questions that people ask. Since many people ask me similar or same questions, I thought a post would be appropriate: 1. Why do you not do a review of the personal finance programs that appear on television? Answer: Am incompetent to do so. I have no clue what is […]
http://www.subramoney.com/book-written-by-me/ After spending 10 years in the ‘profession‘ of training here are some expensive learning: Television is an entertainment source – not an education source. To be good in the media you need to say something interesting / controversial. Largely you can say anything and be sure that it will not come back to haunt […]
My equity broker has a very high self esteem, spends a lot of time in meditation, practices and teaches Reki, and generally leads a very healthy life. I asked him once to explain the reasons of his peace of mind – he really looks tranquail. His choice of friends, clients, food, books, etc are all […]
If you wanted to make a career in a sport would you just watch that sport on television and hope to be a world beater? No, I guess. Similarly if you want to be a good investor watching television or the pink papers or the personal finance magazines and websites may be not the best […]
I do not like to watch television too much. My mom at 70 does not watch too much tv. Nor does my Dad. My daughter watches cartoon (I will hate the day she watches Saas…instead of Tom and Jerry!). However yesterday I watched some television and decided to catch some ads too. The news channel […]
My parents always managed to make ends meet, even though my mother was a stay-at-home mom and my father worked in a factory! Neither my sibling nor I did things like ‘tuitions’ and these kind of income supplementing stuff. Of course unlike many people of my father’s generation he did not have to support his […]