You can imagine how complicated money and investing has become that one has to start to offer rules to navigate the terrain. No one is spared – young, old, rich, not so rich. So, here’s a fresh set of reminders. The bottomline is that you don’t need to do a lot to be successful in […]
Everyone wants to invest but no one wants to plan
Volatility is a fact of the market linked investments. Just that when it decides to play a little harder, there are investors who run like plucked chicken. I mean the unprepared ones. They are making frantic calls, reading anything and everything to know what should be the next action? Well, is that how your investment […]
How the stock market crash is hurting the investor? – Media vs You
Read any newspaper headlines about the stock market and you would come to believe that we have almost entered a bear market. There is a stock market crash leaving investor’s nowhere to run and portfolios are dripping RED. Here’s how some of them go. Sensex crashes 500 points. Market crash wipes out over Rupees 1 trillion […]
6 investing basics that we keep forgetting
Oh yes! The basics. Too often ignored since they are just basics. We are looking for advanced, exotic, get rich quick. And only when the reality slaps us do we find ourselves thinking again – What went wrong? Money basics are not just about numbers or calculations but about behaviour too. You have read them before at some […]
Buying health insurance – Comparison of 5 plans
Protection is an important aspect of every financial plan. This happened primarily via insurance products including term, health, accident & disability, etc. The one aspect that needs to be touched upon is the Health Insurance. Now, I thought investing in mutual funds was a huge problem for you and me. Turns out I was so wrong. Buying […]
When you should not buy a house?
There is some fancy about owning a house. For ages, a house has been considered the ‘best investment’. A house of your own happens to be a dream for most people. There’s something emotional about it too. Your parents, your relatives, everyone recommends to buy a house. “Khud ka ek ghar to hona hi chahiye!” (You should have one home […]
