On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 10:40:21PM +0530, Biju Chacko wrote:
> Aadisht is a banker by profession so one assumes he knows something
> about investments.
heh but since i'm an economist i know about opportunity cost. so put another
way - unless you are sure that the cost of your own time, commission
On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 5:59 PM, Rishab Aiyer Ghosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> well, except that the children you want to donate money to now may not
> be around to need it later... frankly, unless you're a whiz with
> investment (like the childrens investment fund [1]) it makes sense to
> d
On Fri, 2008-05-02 at 09:24 +0200, Dave Long wrote:
> which follows by exactly the same logic: the "more" money you may
> give later is, when discounted to net present value, the same as the
> amount you could give now.
well, except that the children you want to donate money to now may not
be
My approach to this is to find a charity whose goals I like, check out
that they're reasonably efficient, and then set up an automatic transfer
of a smallish amount every month.
This has (at least) two benefits:
- The monthly amount "disappears" from my budget without a lot of impact
- The cha
On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 5:10 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ss wrote:
>
> > My personal choice is to let money slip out to people (usual casual
> > workers) who depend on me for some of their income in the first place.
>
> That's a good idea .. what I tend to do is donate
Ss wrote:
> My personal choice is to let money slip out to people (usual casual
> workers) who depend on me for some of their income in the first place.
That's a good idea .. what I tend to do is donate to a charity that my
cousin helps run (a dharmashala / free hostel for the Adyar cancer hospit
On Friday 02 May 2008 11:34:46 am Aadisht Khanna wrote:
> . Rather than give five thousand
> rupees a month away now, I could invest it, get a return, and give
> larger lump sums later. Which in your opinion would make more sense?
> 5. Point #4 also ties up with how much a particular donatio
On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 7:04 AM, Aadisht Khanna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I would like to pick the list's intelligence on an issue I have been facing.
>
> CRY approached me this month for a contribution, and I gave them six
my father used to donate to CRY and in return they used to send us
nice
On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 9:42 AM, Srini Ramakrishnan wrote:
> On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 11:34 AM, Aadisht Khanna:
> >2. Having done this, I would obviously like to make sure that my
> >donations get the most bang for their buck. This means the efficacy of
> the
> >charity I am donating
But I also happen to think that money given NOW is always more useful
than more money given later. NOW is when so many people really need
it.
which follows by exactly the same logic: the "more" money you may
give later is, when discounted to net present value, the same as the
amount you coul
On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 12:12 PM, Srini Ramakrishnan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 11:34 AM, Aadisht Khanna
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> >2. Having done this, I would obviously like to make sure that my
> >donations get the most bang for their buck. This means
On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 11:34 AM, Aadisht Khanna
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>2. Having done this, I would obviously like to make sure that my
>donations get the most bang for their buck. This means the efficacy of the
>charity I am donating to needs to be certain.
If you don't care ab
I would like to pick the list's intelligence on an issue I have been facing.
CRY approached me this month for a contribution, and I gave them six
thousand rupees without very much thought. However, the following points
arise:
1. Five days ago, my pay review kicked in, and I can now afford to
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