Doing an article for the New year is easy. Just go to the article you did in the previous year…and change the year. However is a good list of resolutions that you can make – it is really useful if you made it already, just reiterate it, and follow it! So here it goes 1. [...]
http://www.subramoney.com/book-written-by-me/ “Whatever I do, my weight does not come down” and “Whatever I do I cannot reduce my expenses” – are commonly heard statements. If you are a doctor, a wealth guide, a financial planner, …you hear both of these statements. Normally people do not write down diligently what they earn, spend and invest. Similarly [...]
A few days back I had posted some financial resolutions. I had promised to do a follow up on the same. Here is the first part of the promise. The resolution no. 1 was: I will write down my financial goals. I am sure, you are thinking Oh My God, this is boring. Sure. Success [...]
Suzie Orman runs a popular program in the US of A which is simply titled “Can I afford it?” wherein people call in to ask “Can I afford a second hand Mercedes which costs me $ 45,000?”. Then Suzie sizes up the situation checking up whether the person has some money in her/his savings account, [...]
In an earlier posting we saw that Goals should be SMART. T stands for tracking. If you have goals it is necessary for you to track whether you are on the correct path. If you were climbing a mountain and following a map, you would look for landmarks to ensure that you are on the [...]
Do you want to know the real secret to successful investing? It’s a deceptively simple little thing called an investment policy statement, or IPS. An IPS spells out an investor’s investment philosophy, asset-allocation targets, and expected results. It also lays out a plan for how the investor will monitor his or her portfolio. We will [...]