The first 6 months of 2012 are drawing to a close. If you think for a moment, then in January 2012, all of us must have made many promises to ourselves about how we would invest our money and follow a disciplined investment strategy. A lot of investors might have set higher expectation from the stockRead More
Should you buy ICICI Prudential US Bluechip Equity fund ?
ICICI Prudential US Bluechip Equity Fund was launched by ICICI Prudential AMC on June 19th 2012. Let us check the details and see whether it makes sense to invest in this mutual fund. A bit on the fund house first. ICICI Prudential AMC is one of the most reputed fund houses in India. It hasRead More
Live Example – how a chartered accountant fleeced an investor
A peer friend of mine had written an article sometime back on why a chartered accountant cannot be a financial planner. The truth hit me home hard when a prospective client came in through my door with a question – “I cannot pay the premiums of my insurance policies”. I dug into the case andRead More
Personal Finance Rules of Thumb [infographics]
While I am not a fan of rules of thumb and usually take a clinical approach to zero down on requirements like retirement wants, how much insurance you need or how much you need to invest in equity, not all the readers here can do the number crunching. For investors such as these, it makesRead More
Does buying and selling houses for profit make sense for ordinary investors ?
A dear friend of mine was of recent telling me about how he is into buying and selling houses for profit. He reasoned that since 2008, the equity market has not returned any decent sum of money for him and so he was better off parking the money in a place which could earn himRead More
What are the Passive Income ideas in India ?
Passive income ideas in India are not a rage unlike the western countries. In the West, you have individuals doing more chores to accumulate that extra buck each month. Passive income is income that gets generated when you don’t have to work for it regularly. Imagine for a moment, how nice it would be toRead More