There cannot be a better point in time to write and share this blog. Apart from the Mango and IPL season, this part of the year is often in vogue due to its fair share of appraisals, increments and performances incentives or bonuses to received. Suddenly the salary coming in as a routine amount, sheds... Continue Reading →
Basket of Eggs…!
The contents of this blog have often stemmed up from people, their eccentric behaviours and vague mind-sets, to be precise. As a man of finance, people with varied ideologies keep on speaking their hearts out to me – bringing out their hidden beliefs and logic, which at times funnier, intriguing and inspiring. Amusing as these... Continue Reading →
First Salaries – The Right order of doing things…!
Well! A lot of people ask me this million dollar question – and I am pretty sure they would also be doing it with any other likeable Chartered Accountant/Finance Guru they meet. The Question? – ‘Arre, tell me some good stocks to invest. And which SIP should I start? Give us names please….’ Nothing wrong... Continue Reading →
Bursting the Equity Bubble –2
When you enter a veggies market? Do you know about the prices of all veggies at once? No! Do you simply get the prices based on the shouts of the vegetable vendor standing right at the entrance? No....! So then tell me one thing - Has anyone heard about each and every share or company... Continue Reading →
Bursting the Equity Bubble –1
So typical our Indian mothers are, that hardly anybody of us would have missed that occasional “Aate samay dhaniya lete ana…” (Bring some coriander while coming home). Isn’t it! And hardly are we unknown to the mystics in which a typical market works! We have times in summer, where every other seller out there is... Continue Reading →
Decoding TDS!!!
Recently, a colleague of mine moved to Delhi with what - a salary hike of about 30-35%. He was in the range of a 9 lakh package earlier which quickly jumped to 11.5 lakhs a year! Cool, isn’t it! Well! This opinion is definitely not shared by the friend though! The day he got his... Continue Reading →
Scissoring your pockets – Inflation!
So, we had economics as a subject at school. Unfortunately we also had subjects like History, Geography & Civics combined into a single subject called Social Sciences together for a 100 marks. Of these, economics and civics accounted for 20 marks each. As a result, 97% of the Janta never did learn these subjects except... Continue Reading →
The Mutual Fund Gossip…!
I was taking a walk the other day, when I met a friend after quite a long time. Brewing in mind, as the idea of writing this blog was, I just casually asked her about her opinion on me starting this blog! At the first instance she gave me a near blank look – yet... Continue Reading →
Taxation – A glimpse into history!!!
When was the last time you asked this question to yourself? Why do I have to pay so much of taxes? Last year in July when you filed the IT return? Last month when you might have given tax declarations to your company? Or maybe just yesterday when you went out to bring a biscuit... Continue Reading →