Planning

Advantage Customer!  

01 Nov 2011, 1.57 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

RBI has done it at last… freeing up the interest rates on Savings accounts and allowing the market to determine the rates. This is a very welcome mov...

Be prepared and cover your risks!  

25 Oct 2011, 1.44 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

I was a Boy Scout in my younger days, and our motto was "Be Prepared." As I awoke to the tragic news of the Mangalore air crash last weekend, I realiz...

A job change won't solve your money woes  

17 Oct 2011, 3.14 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

There is enough depressing news in the papers these days – national & international. One persistent news that depresses me no end is how money is bei...

Rebalance your way to your millionaire-dreams  

13 Oct 2011, 3.38 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Continuing with his series of excerpts from his latest publication Millionaires don’t eat cakes…they make them, Sanjay Matai now discusses Rebalancing...

Investing for your child  

12 Oct 2011, 1.59 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Are you a proud and careful parent? It’s a simple question to answer. The fact that you are reading this article is proof in itself. Not every parent...

Be prudent: Share financial details to your trustworthy  

10 Oct 2011, 3.30 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

It is very important that you should part your financial details and information to a member of your family or someone you trust. ...

Looking for a child plan? Watch out for marketing gimmicks  

29 Sep 2011, 4.23 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Rising cost of education, career and future uncertainties in the life of kids come with increased expenses and troubling situation for parents. To pla...

The ten financial commandments for all seasons  

28 Sep 2011, 7.27 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

This is not a pontification by any stretch of imagination. What I seek to deliver is a bunch of simple, ready-to-use tips which will apply possibly to...

Millionaires avoid safety protect risk  

21 Sep 2011, 4.49 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Why do most people avoid risk? The reason…they equate risk with loss. For them, taking risk is as good as losing money. That being the case, they pref...

Well-defined financial plan = Secured future  

19 Sep 2011, 7.18 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

With recession knocking on our doors, bearish market and trouble just round the corner, you must be wondering who needs financial planning....

Here's how you can cash in on inflation?  

19 Sep 2011, 4.11 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

"Inflation" is the one dreaded word that can shake the confidence of economists, investment bankers, policy makers and even the government! Let’s try ...

Why millionaires are millionaires  

08 Sep 2011, 3.18 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Countless books and articles have been written on how to become a millionaire. Countless CDs and DVDs have been produced on the subject. ...

Financial Planning: Start the process rest will be easy  

03 Sep 2011, 1.46 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Financial Planning is a well acknowledged need but most people do not have one largely due to lack of appreciation of its impact on one’s life....

How to make a will  

02 Sep 2011, 6.34 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Any individual who have attained the age of 18 years and mentally sounds in the eyes of law and possess assets/insurance policies must write his/her W...

Consider a financial planner, not sales agent  

02 Sep 2011, 2.14 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

A financial planner is important to take care of your financial requirements, so that you will be able to invest right to realize your short and long-...

Getting better with age  

29 Aug 2011, 3.21 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

FMP is an ideal product for investors seeking benefits across parameters such as different maturities, minimum risk and tax- efficient returns....

Manage your money better: Tips to create household budget  

22 Aug 2011, 6.19 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

With inflation on a high in recent times, one tends to wonder, where does the monthly salary go? You need to make a conscious effort, more than ever ...

How to choose the best plan for your child?  

22 Aug 2011, 4.44 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Child plans are a combination of two things, insurance and investments. These plans insure the life of the parent with most of them having inbuilt w...

How to plan finances in changing life stages?  

18 Aug 2011, 2.45 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

We need to have a relook at our financial planning at different stages of life. These are mostly the cases when responsibility either increases or dec...

History repeats itself: The investor's dilemma  

16 Aug 2011, 5.52 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

To invest or not to invest; remains the prime question on every investor’s mind. Funnily enough, investors historically do not mind buying equities wh...

All you need to know about 'financial planning'  

10 Aug 2011, 3.42 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

You may have come across the term "Financial Planning" recently and wondered what it means. You may have decided to start your own financial plan but ...

All you wanted to know about CTC   

04 Aug 2011, 3.11 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

HAVE never understood my payslip till date,” says Avni Rustagi, a native of Punjab. Avni, 25, moved to Bangalore four years back in the hope of turnin...

Only earning member in the family?  

04 Aug 2011, 1.00 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

YOU are married with young children and your spouse is no longer working. Your expenses are rising and you may pile on credit card debts. Since you ha...

Impact of inflation   

04 Aug 2011, 11.34 am  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Everyone knows that inflation eats into savings and increases costs (to understand how inflation can affect your cost of living....

Power of compounding  

04 Aug 2011, 11.07 am  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Simply put, compounding refers to the re-investment of income at the same rate of return to constantly grow the principal amount, year after year....

Start investing NOW  

04 Aug 2011, 11.04 am  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

The only thing worse than investing late is not investing at all....

Prepare to invest  

04 Aug 2011, 11.01 am  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Investment planning is simpler than you think, and more rewarding than you would imagine....

Benefits of investing early  

04 Aug 2011, 10.56 am  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

In this article we discuss how, because of the power of compounding specially over a long period of time, the difference between starting to invest ea...

Guide to financial planning  

04 Aug 2011, 10.36 am  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

FINANCIAL planning. If that word is a put off, don't let it be. It's the all important word in your money dictionary. Here, we simplify it for you....

Homemakers guide to save money: 15 must-try tricks  

03 Aug 2011, 1.14 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Every homemaker can change her role from money user/spender to money earner by doing her bit. These 15 tips do not call for any education or any great...