There is an alphabetic soup in the financial qualifications – and there are many animals out there. Most first time investors (and some veterans too) are legitimately confused about their role so here is a lesson 101: Financial planner: supposed to know everything about you PERSONALLY so actually called ‘personal financial planner’ who helps you [...]
Many things in life are better achieved slowly if you want the gain to be permanent! Does this remind you of another boring task – the process of losing weight? If so, welcome! Investing and money management is a lot like eating. So is losing debt like dieting? maybe…maybe not. Is getting out of debt [...]
A few people I know keep comparing themselves with fund managers – and can arrive at fantastic conclusions. Here is a case in point. One female – nothing to do with equity markets in her professional life – was a sitting duck for many people selling financial products. To the credit of the salesmen she [...]
These are stories about a few friends. I have 2 friends – aged about 57 years. They were classmates and are now very close to retirement. Their investing philosophies are so different that I could not believe that the accumulated amounts could be so far away from each other. One of them did his MBA [...]
Stash away that bonus! If you belong to that class of employees who gets a bonus at Diwali time, lucky you! Today you would be sitting on that bonus in your hand and the whole family would have a claim on that. Who are the claimants on this bonus? Lots in fact! Thanks to the [...]
If you have a financial planner with a ‘product sale’ mentality – especially who has sold loan products also in the past, there is a good chance that he would suggest leverage. Leverage means borrowing. So read on… Financial planner: Borrowing sensibly is a good way to build wealth. Do a disciplined borrowing and you [...]