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Financial Planning
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Why you should not let your Parents influence your Financial Decisions
- September 14, 2018
- Category: Financial Planning
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Click to Enlarge Your parents are your well-wishers, no doubt. It is natural to take their advice at face value because you think they are experienced and cannot go wrong. While they don a lot of hats for you – parent, friend, teacher, etc., do not let them be your financial advisor. Chances are their views on money, career, housing will not be applicable to your life now. Although they would be wise in advocating the basic tenets of financial discipline – regular saving and investing, not all financial advice offered by them would be worth heeding. There are high [...] -
Financial Advice you should be wary of
- July 16, 2018
- Category: Financial Planning
Click to Enlarge Free financial advice comes from all corners whether you are starting out or well established. In personal money matters, people look to their families, relatives, etc for casual advice. Informal financial advice is also often dispensed during casual conversations between friends, work colleagues, etc. The advice is sought out of trust or relying upon other’s investing experiences. While the advice given is innocuous, it can be dangerous in harming your finances over the long run. Here are the types of financial advice you should ignore which usually come from near and dear ones: Advice that sounds too [...] -
What is your attitude towards money?
- March 12, 2018
- Category: Financial Planning, Money Management
Click to Enlarge Mr.Patel aged 45 has never invested in the stock markets. He has been a silent witness to the spectacular run in the markets since 2004. The reason lies in a deep-seated notion about equity he has long held since his college days. This belief comes from the experience of his father who lost a big chunk of savings in the stock markets in the 1990s. The substantial loss disrupted the goals and clouded the family’s finances for a really long time. Since then, Mr.Patel thinks stock markets are a risky gambling den and if luck is not [...] -
Can you afford a second child? Here is how to prepare financially
- January 2, 2018
- Category: Financial Planning
‘Two are better than one…for if they fall, one will lift up the other’ This cannot be more apt but for siblings who can be great companions for life. In this age of nuclear and short families, couples while envisioning the future of their only child, do contemplate having a second child as they would take care of each other after them. Some also get unexpected surprises. While a second baby, expected or unexpected is always welcome, it also means adding up to expenses. While one can never be really mentally prepared to raise a child, a little bit of […]
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Why making Resolutions for the New Year is pointless and a waste of time?
- December 19, 2017
- Category: Financial Planning, Investments, Life Planning
As the year 2017 draws to an end and you look forward to a new year, making new resolutions must be weighing on your mind. Everyone likes new beginnings and people look for special occasions to make a new start. They are naturally motivated, just like a child is excited to have neat handwriting in a new notebook at the beginning of an academic term. Observe the parks or the gyms in your vicinity on January 1 of every year. You will see they would be comparatively more crowded than the previous month. This is the result of the new […]
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Typical Career Mistakes to avoid or to learn from
- November 6, 2017
- Category: Financial Planning, Life Planning
Our careers fill about 30-35 years of our working life. That is a huge time frame to make big money. Just like every area of our life including personal finance requires planning, so does our career. There has to be a strategy, a vision which can provide the right direction to our professional life. While it is important to take the right steps for a successful career, it is equally important to not make mistakes. We all make a few typical mistakes in our profession. From some mistakes, we can learn so that we do not repeat them in the […]
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Why you should avoid the herd mentality in making financial decisions?
- September 25, 2017
- Category: Financial Planning, Investments
In this information age, the human mind gets more attracted to an event or news which is popular amongst the crowd. Have you wondered how rumours are created? When a large number of people keep on forwarding news on social media without even checking the veracity of it. For instance, the news of the legendary actor Dilip Kumar passing away has been doing the rounds on Wats App very frequently. People mindlessly copy the actions of others and share the news even though it could be a hoax. Similarly, it is a popular trend these days to send children to […]
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How to manage finances after a sudden job loss?
- July 17, 2017
- Category: Financial Planning
The recent incident where a Tech Mahindra employee was fired over the phone was shocking. In the exit interview, the employee was threatened to quit on a day’s notice failing which he would not get the experience letter and basic salary. Job layoffs are a reality in today’s world. It is not just about the pink slips but the way they are handed over to employees in short periods, not giving then appropriate time to hunt for other opportunities. Job layoffs can happen to anyone and at any age, be it a person in his young working years or top/middle […]
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Don’t get married before this money talk
- June 19, 2017
- Category: Financial Planning
Wedding is the one of the most awaited moments in a couple’s life. Planning for the big day is an experience in itself. The venue, caterers, music, guest list, couture, flowers, etc., there are thousand such things weighing on a couple’s mind. But what theytake for granted is the money part. All they know about each other is roughly the respective incomes before marriage. Money can be a sticky issue later on and many couples are not comfortable talking about it during the courtship period. But it is important to bring it up. Here are 5 important money conversations you […]
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What does financial independence mean to you?
- May 7, 2017
- Category: Financial Planning
Money is called the root of all evil or rather the greed for it. But one cannot argue that money is what makes the world go round and makes our lives comfortable. There are some people who live paycheck to paycheck while there are some who earn sufficient to at least meet their essential financial goals. And, there are some who have truckloads of money but don’t know what to do with it. But how much is enough! That depends upon every individual’s personal situation. No matter what, there is one constant goal, somewhere on the back of people’s minds, […]
