dr m kishan on January 31st, 2013 at 8:15 am e Subra Sir, Goal setting is very important aspect of any effort financial planning may being one. But I always have one query. Imagine if all of my goals are somewhere about 20 years down the time, do I still have to allot different financial […]

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  Are we in a slowdown or in a recession? Well, nobody has an answer to this question. When we see the media hysteria we keep wondering how ‘shriller’ can the voices become? If you are in the middle portion of your life and surrounded by EMIs for your house, children’s education, car payments the […]

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Leveraging (like derivatives) is neither good nor bad. Huge wealth has been created by leveraging (Reliance, Tata, Uday Kotak (net worth Rs. 30 lakhs to market cap Rs. 26,000 crores in 25 years) – and also ALL bankruptcies have been caused by bad management of debt. There are many advantages of gearing or borrowing: a.   […]

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Here is a book review of Retire Rich Invest Rs. 40 a day….planning to carry more such reviews. This is by a person who is over 55 years of age. I liked the chapters on withdrawals(pun intended) after retirement – the topic on annuities and how they could be used effectively to protect equity based […]

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Many of the life insurance policies sold in the past 3 years may not see the “logical end” of the policy as perhaps intended. In the United States of America the endowment plans are called “permanent” policies. A high percentage of existing “permanent” insurance policies will not make it to the finish line. They will […]

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