Expense Account, Mint
Markets are up about 30% over the past six weeks.Will this stock rally last? Should you buy now?
Expense Account, Mint
As I sit surrounded by mounds of paper, with laptop humming to one side and the fan off, dog and kid out of the room, I bemoan my fate.
Most women I know don’t suffer the chore of paying utility bills, planning, executing, managing investments and paying taxes. But be foolish enough to enrol in a financial planning course, get on national TV and radio to advise the world on managing money and you find yourself holding the baby, managing not just your own but assorted family, friends and other life forms as well. And loath as I am to pass up an opportunity to write about a financial experience, here’s what happened.
Expense Account, Mint
What if a kilogram was a variable? Or a kilometre? How’d you react if the vendor was free to decide what a kg would measure today? The vendor could then choose to give you five mangoes a kg when he bought mangoes at Rs25 a kg, he could define a kilogram such that you got just four when the price he faced went up to Rs30 a kg. And if prices fell to Rs10 a kg, he had the power to define the kilogram at five mangoes a kg.
Expense Account, Mint
Imagine that you are the manager of a school cafeteria. The school offers a wide range of food and beverages. Suppose research shows that no matter what is at the top of the list, the top three items get ordered more than the rest on the menu. If the manager writes out “grilled chicken whole grain sandwiches” at No. 1 “cheese hamburger with fries” at No. 10, more kids will choose the healthier option.
