What my Mom Taught me about money….
My mother is a Financial Superwoman! All mothers are financial superwoman, aren’t they? Mother, they say is the first teacher. It was probably Ben Franklin’s mom, who taught him “a penny saved is a penny earned.” Long before financial gurus started preaching about the value of financial planning and financial rules one must follow, my […]
Have you Planned for your Child’s Education – Their Bright Future?
Children are parents’ treasure and their most precious gift. “The Joys of parents are secret; and so are their grief and fears. They cannot utter the one; nor they will not utter the other” wrote Francis Bacon, in the sixteenth century, in his essay on “On Parents and Children” There comes a time in your […]
Diwali: A Celebration of Wealth, Prosperity, and Triumph
Yeh Diwali ‘Samajhdari’ Wali! Diwali is a festival of joy, and we all tend to get carried away with celebrations. Our advice is, let’s make a Diwali Budget and don’t forget to apportion a part of it to your investments – Start a Sip this Diwali. On Dhanteras, instead of making a traditional purchase of […]
Money Lessons from Lord Krishna
The sublime mix of the magical and mundane is what makes Krishna, the most intensely human of all Vishnu Avatars, so endearing. His strategic prowess in evidenced in the various legends and myths around him. He comes across as a master strategist, an economic reformer, yet a conscientious and an emotionally intelligent leader who can […]
Money Lessons from the Mahatma
‘Mahatma Gandhi’ and ‘finance’ or ‘ Investment’ in the same sentence somehow don’t jell. Gandhiji was the epitome of non-materialistic living and had virtually no connection with money. But contrary to popular belief, and despite the above facts, there are certain Gandhian ideas that certainly could help in your financial journey. Mahatma Gandhi’s life is […]
Money Lessons from Lord Krishna
The sublime mix of the magical and mundane is what makes Krishna, the most intensely human of all Vishnu Avatars, so endearing. His strategic prowess in evidenced in the various legends and myths around him. He comes across as a master strategist, an economic reformer, yet a conscientious and an emotionally intelligent leader who can […]
“The Reliance Economy”
Let’s talk about Reliance and the company’s first-ever online-only Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on 15th July and how Reliance is ready to move to another trajectory. The first virtual annual general meeting was held on its in-house JioMeet platform and broadcast across social media including Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. The 43rd AGM was attended […]
The Irrational Exuberance of Markets in Q1
The markets crashed by 40% on 23rd March, when India had 600 Covid case, no Covid death and a lockdown had just been announced. Now, when we have a close to a million cases and more than 20000 deaths, the market is up 40% from its March lows with no immediate economic recovery in sight. […]
Cigar Butt Investing ?
The street is abuzz with success stories of investors and speculators who have doubled or tripled their money in select low unit value stocks in the post Covid stock market rally. Calls from our investors also want to know about that magical stock which can multiply in days if not months. Work from home or […]
Money Lessons I learned from Dad
In my college days whenever I confessed to my Dad over the phone of my latest blunder, invariably there was a long silence. Was he angry? His silence was more menacing than a scolding or a lecture, even without him reprimanding, most of the times, his silence worked. Perhaps most dads are like that — […]