Imagine you have two jars: one is labelled as Income, and the other is called Wealth. The Income jar gets fill-up regularly – daily, monthly, or yearly. This is the money we earn from job, business, etc. It keeps coming in, but it also gets spent. Now, the Wealth jar is different. It’s like our…
Savings + Investment Portfolio + Philosophy = Wealth Accumulation A high-rise building stands on a strong foundation. If wealth is like a high-rise building, then what is its foundation? There are three constituents: (a) savings, (b) investment portfolio, and (c) knowledge of the philosophy of wealth building. It is a common belief that high income…
In India we have an investment option called “Post Office Monthly Income Scheme (MIS)”. Among other investment options, PO-MIS can also be considered suitable for investment by retired people. But PO-MIS is not limited for retired people alone. Anyone with age above 18 years can open a PO-MIS account. An account can be open even…
Introduction: Why to bother about building an alternative income source? Because every extra penny added to the wallet will add weight. Moreover, the long term goal for “second income” is to become big enough so as to cover the total expense requirements of life on its own. But what if the alternative income is not…
When you’ll Google the term “become debt free“, the search result will also display a query: “is it good to be debt free?“ This dichotomy related to debt has remained since ages. Why? For Banks, NBFC’s, government, and employers – loan (debt) strapped, EMI paying people are an asset. Hence they publicise debt as a…
One of the most underrated activity is ‘expense management’. We tend to focus more on income generation, and less on ‘managing expenses’. Why? [Read: About an Excel based tool which can budget & track expenses] The reason is perhaps simple. We tend to give more importance to things which are harder to get. Earning Money:…
Reverse mortgage is also a ‘home based’ loan. But it is different from our typical home loan. The main difference is that, reverse mortgage is available only for elderly people, above 60 years of age. In working, the reverse mortgage is just the opposite of home loan. Hence the word “Reverse” is used to name…
Is there really any available alternative to savings account in India? India has really evolved over the past 2-3 decades in terms of utilising investment options. Earlier people used to know only fixed deposits, NSC, KVP, Endowment plans etc as their investment vehicles. But now people do invest in stocks, mutual funds, real estate, gold…
There are several alternatives available for investing money in India. But the problem is that, investment after retirement must be done in a specific way. Hence, the composition of ‘investment portfolio’ of a retired person is different from other people. What is the difference? A retired person plans to include those assets in portfolio which…
