Adhyayan: 2013

Tuesday, August 06, 2013

Furniture

A relative asked, "Are you planning to buy sofa?"
We figured they were sinking in.
A colleague suggested Arizona roomstore. Her friend had liked their new dining table from there and got herself one too. A friend who recently moved suggested Ashley furniture homestore had deals.
Having been a previous customer of Mega furniture, we had to pay a visit here. And from there the mania took of. Walking into a furniture store is like walking into a dream. You look into a sea of things for chunk of your house.
A friend suggested Cort. They have decent paintings and good cocktail set and end table deals.
American furniture has a good layout.
In Pruitts we learnt of Bonded leather. From relatives, of Italian leather.
Furniture creations has good paintings.
Thomasville collection has good names.

Thursday, July 11, 2013

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Risk and age

The Affluent investor by Phil Demuth

The big take home is the need for your portfolio to change with your age. The book has a wider general knowledge approach than techniques. The book does use studies from economists to arrive at the 'to dos'. Most of the studies reveal that the obvious isnt right. Take for example, the returns of small value stocks. To know the study, you would have to read 'The cross section of expected stock returns' in the journal of finance. The book is easier than that article. The strength of the book lies in simplifying the research to make it relevant to the common man in the dark of the latest studies in investing.
The chapter on how different investors by trade (doctors, lawyers, celebs) make different kind of customers is comic.

I recently met someone who is a financial adviser whose clients - doctors fund his hotel management business.