Nowadays, most investors consider SIP (Systematic Investment Plan) as a choice of investment. One of the most obvious reasons behind this is the transparency, simplicity, convenience and the power of compounding that mutual funds offer, especially to the investors who invest for the long term. However, SIP will help you not fall into the trap of timing your investment. It is one...
Every individual has certain goals and aspirations in life. Short term goals include going for a dream vacation or buying a flashy car whereas long term goals include financial planning for the golden years of life, child’s education or even buying the dream abode. But for turning these dreams into reality we need backing of an adequate corpus. It has been proved time and again that starting...
Kanika is a 27-year-old, HR Manager in a bank, and is living with her husband Suresh, who is 31 years old, and her newborn baby girl Alia. Kanika wants to make sure that Alia’s future is not compromised on, as she has big plans for her. So she wants to start planning for it now. She approaches her adviser and gives him the relevant details of her plan. After much analysis, he tells Kanika,...
Just the other day, I had a word with one of my friends, Nikita over the phone. Talking on the phone was the only feasible option as I could not meet her because of the country wide lockdown owing to COVID-19. She was going on about, how her life is set and how she’s managing her money well to fund all her goals. So I asked her if she has insurance, her reply was a common one that...
Looking at the current market situation, you might feel this is not the right time to invest as the markets are volatile due to slow economic conditions owing to global spread of deadly coronavirus. The impact has aggravated in most sectors due to extended lockdown in the country which is now at a stage of phased unlock.However, to create wealth for the long term, this would be the best time...
Considering the current situation, where the market is down owing to COVID-19 pandemic, many of you must be thinking how to identify underperforming mutual funds. Although if you have invested for long term goals, short term volatility should not bother you. But still you should learn to identify underperforming funds and to take corrective action. Mutual funds have been the most amazing...
How many of you are familiar with STPs? I’m sure not many of you. Now with so many investment options available, people are confused in what to invest, where to invest and how to invest. Some people do not know what are the investment options available, and how to make the best use of them. You may have different goals and dreams in life, but to fund those goals is a...
Current financial situation of almost all the households is suffering owing to COVID-19 pandemic. The reason being layoffs, salary cut, fewer employment opportunities, business going into losses because of low consumption. Amid all this, students’ education is also at stand still as regular classes could not be conducted with the country under lockdown. As the lockdown has been...