Sunday, March 15, 2009

Random thought in the middle of the night: Digest 2 – A matter of investments

If a mistress can be called a depreciating asset (think law of diminishing returns), what does that make a wife?

15 comments:

  1. I weak at economics, also economically backward. what does that make a wife?

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  2. Anonymous15/3/09 21:36

    shouldn't the first question be about figuring out whether 'wife' belongs to assets or..... :D

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  3. I didn't even see 1! :) Tell me something, you get up in the middle on the night to write this? Or?

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  4. How about deprecating asset?

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  5. an asset(?) that you learn to appreciate as everything around you depreciates?

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  6. ermm a liability na...or is this a trick question?

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  7. austro - uhm..lets say that makes her NOT risk averse?

    manu - so its an open question no. is she an asset or a expense?

    nandini - i was tempted to. but laziness prevailed.

    naren- deprecates WHo? hehe

    sandy - so speaketh the bachelor

    Mo - yus i like that one. bond with a penalty clause if you bail out before the maturity. pays rich dividents if you dont.

    epiphany - its one of those kaleidoscope questions - everyone can have a different view no

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  8. wife is a wife yaar. so easy no? if a man can have a mistress, can his wife have a mister?

    haha, i got a new post. I am going to my blog.

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  10. ones an off the balance sheet asset, other one stays on the balance sheet

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  11. arunima - yus mister it is. but valid point.

    sud - ah but still an asset you think?

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  12. Anonymous19/3/09 07:44

    ...a potential liability, in that case? :P

    g

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  13. Anonymous20/3/09 21:35

    A stakeholder ... more like a stakeowner ...

    oh well, face it ... wives own you

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  14. normally appreciating bank balance and deprecating wife results in finding appreciative mistress. depreciating mistress in such a case means a possibility of premature encashment and replacement much before 'use until' date.

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