Aug
19
Individual finances: How to manage when loans are killing you
August 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment
I read an article that took a situation where a person was in real trouble financially, and what the person can do in such a situation that could help. The situation was one that many of us can relate to – in times of good money and a good job, your finances and projections for [...]
Aug
9
Mistakes commonly made by equity investors
August 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Everybody makes mistakes in the equity market, so one cannot blame retail investors for making many mistakes. Even acclaimed mutual fund and hedge fund investors have made mistakes over the years, but that does not excuse the retail investors from trying to learn about the mistakes that they keep on making so that they reduce [...]
Aug
9
Finance: Safety vs. risk in terms of investments
August 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment
One typically hears of cases where people have invested money in dubious investment schemes run by scheming and smooth investment gurus who actually end up duping people of their hard-earned money. These smooth operators typically get caught, but this is no consolation for those people who lose their money in these schemes. Similarly, people end [...]
Aug
9
Obtaining duplicate copy of documents
August 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment
People encounter this problem once in a while. You have invested money in a Fixed Deposit, or in Mutual Funds, or some other such investment method (including investing in a private company). Suddenly you find that you cannot locate the proof of such an investment (you could have lost it, it could have got destroyed [...]
Aug
9
Bank charged penalty for charging older customer more than newer customers
August 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment
It is an established business fact that when banks give loans to their customers, they normally treat newer customers more attractively than they treat older customers. The terms and conditions of the loan specify for floating rate loan that banks can charge customers more (either by increasing the EMI amount, or the loan duration) if [...]