Frequently in a social gathering of friends, I am asked what I do for a living and when I reply that I am a fund manager working with a mutual fund, I get responses like:...
Often in my over two hour train journey from my house to my workplace, I over hear enthusiastic conversations about ‘hot stock tips’. Some even claim to have inside information on companies and advise others to...
What is the most common reason why people do not start investing? Of course, it is the lack of money by the time the month ends. Living paycheck to paycheck simply means that there is...
They say the Stock Market is a place to transfer wealth from the impatient to the patient! Since the impatient are always larger in number compared to the patient, it literally “pays to be patient”...
Most people have an extreme view on SIP. Some consider it as a heavenly safe ‘instrument’ while some consider it as a volcano. Rarely people have moderate views on it. Now, what does the above...
Markets are crashing! Can I stop my SIPs? Of late I am getting many calls from investors. The question is similar in most cases. With equity markets falling daily, can I stop the SIPs? Can...
There are loads of mistakes that we do in our financial journey. Most of them are common mistakes. These mistakes can be avoided if we know what they are. Below is the list of few...
REIT or Real Estate Investment Trust is a collective fund which collects funds from various types of investors and then invest the funds on their behalf in Real Estate (either via debenture route or via...
Aditya will be retiring now at the age of 60. He was on deputation to Colombo by his employer from 2008. He is having a portfolio of mutual funds which is meant for his retired...
The first line that comes to my mind on this subject is: “People who say that money cannot buy happiness, does not know where to shop”. I had come across this line on a T-shirt....
Online Money Transfer enables almost instantaneous delivery. It takes only about a few seconds/minutes to travel over the internet – with no physical process involved. Several safety measures are in place to ensure that your...
Selvaraj expired at the age of 40 due to cancer. He was working in the insurance sector. Everybody expected that he will have enough insurance. He was paying a premium of 50,000 for an endowment...