If you’ve been planning a vacation, you’ve been looking at a lot of different travel packages. And every different type of package give you different amounts of add ons. Similarly, investing in property gives you different tax add ons based on your situation. Here’s Anuj, just another Indian who thinks real estate is one of… Read More »
They say all is fair in love and war. Marriage often ends up falling in both categories. Sometimes the war is just a big part of love. But the war over finances can very easily turn ugly if the partners don’t match when it comes to their attitudes towards financial planning. Here’s a couple that… Read More »
Monsoon is loved by everybody. Well, almost everybody. The rain can surprise you on a very sunny day and is generally unpredictable. Although the rain can be a dampener on your weekend plans, there’s just something really magical about the weather. Unfortunately, there’s nothing beautiful about your income being just as unpredictable as the rains. Here’s… Read More »
Just like your furry 4-pawed attention seeking cat, loans can be your friends too. What do they have in common? Just like your cat sulks right out of your reach when she doesn’t get her way, loans need to be handled correctly for them to work right for you. They are double-edged swords; if wielded… Read More »
Every person in a friend group usually fits a type. We have the whiners, the loud ones (that use even their hands to talk), the gym-junkies (#fitspiration), the slow bros, the shopaholic (who won’t stop talking about her new shoes), the Star Wars geek, the planner, the TV show binge watcher (that ruined many a… Read More »
Well, when we conversed with him, Mr. Confucius was confounded when confronted with the conundrum of Financial Planning. Confused? Let’s face it. It was a different world then. Insurance as a product probably didn’t exist (if you don’t count daylight robberies); so, checking your life insurance options was probably unheard of. Land was conquered, not bought using loans;… Read More »
What if you got an opportunity to unleash power of something lying dormant for long in a dark corner? We are not speaking about an unexploded WWII missile submerged in Pacific Ocean or the untapped potential of cricketer R Ashwin as a batman. The compass is pointing to gold, in the form of bullion or… Read More »
What’s common between Mark Zuckerberg, Brad Pitt, Rupert Murdoch, Maria Sharapova, Heidi Klum, and you? That’s right. Nothing. Let’s it do it again. What’s common between Mark Zuckerberg, Brad Pitt, Rupert Murdoch, Maria Sharapova, and Heidi Klum? Right again. They’re stinking rich. Ergo, they don’t need to plan for their “retirement”. But, you do! So… Read More »
As an old adage goes – “Failing to plan is planning to fail” Financial planning is as important as brushing your teeth. While one may choose not to do it, in the long run, it may hurt as much as tooth decay would. So, just like you would rush to a dentist at the first… Read More »
In Season 7 of the blockbuster TV soap ‘Desperate Housewives’, Lynette Scavo struggles with her two sons Porter and Preston who don’t know how to make themselves an omelette. And they’re pushing eighteen! Well, maybe your kids aren’t so bad and can make an omelette all by themselves. But do they know how to plan… Read More »