Category Archives: Asset Allocation

What is Finance all about?

Posted on April 11, 2007 by admin

FINANCE looks daunting. For me too. I was in Rishikesh a few years back in the winters and one old resident told me, “The water is warm when the Sun has not risen. Try it”, with a straight face. Next … Continue reading →

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Mutual Funds v/s Direct Stocks Investing

Posted on April 10, 2007 by admin

Investing in the equity market directly is exciting and sexy. You are in the thick of things and are able to take responsibility for yourself. Though the volatility and the information overload makes it a daunting task. How about investing … Continue reading →

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Investing is plain Common Sense

Posted on April 9, 2007 by admin

The Little Book of Common Sense Investing is an amazing book by John Bogle. Read this about the book you can buy on Amazon. Investing is all about common sense. Owning a diversified portfolio of stocks and holding it for … Continue reading →

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What are Exchange Traded Funds

Posted on April 7, 2007 by admin

Basically, Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) are open-ended index fund that can also be traded on the stock market. Compared to Mutual funds, there are many advantages of ETFs, one is real time pricing, secondly long term investors are protected from … Continue reading →

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How to get started?

Posted on April 6, 2007 by admin

Personal Finance is a thing which we keep on postponing. I’m already feeling like a poet out catching people to hear my poem. And being a person who hardly understands poems, I can understand the yawning souynds people make when … Continue reading →

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What is Asset Allocation?

Posted on April 5, 2007 by admin

Asset Allocation (AA) sounds sophisticated, no? It assumes you have an asset to allocate and gives a boost to your ego, eh! Looks like a smart and sexy word for a thing as drab and dreary as planning your personal … Continue reading →

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Why this Blog?

Posted on April 4, 2007 by admin

Money is a bad master but a good servant. Whatever it is for you, it needs good management anyway. Personal finance is the management of your money. Management of your money is obstructed by persistent (and sometimes annoying)agents and financial … Continue reading →

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Visit my Blog

Posted on April 2, 2007 by admin

Visit my blog Weblog on Finance and Business. It is a storehouse of info on finance and business.

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Financial Planning is Life Planning

Posted on April 1, 2007 by admin

I have always been smug with my assumption that a sophisticated finance professional will take care of all my wealth creation needs. But the day my over friendly and over smart advisor came, I was more confused when he left … Continue reading →

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