There is a concept of finance that says that there is a ‘time value of money.’ It is one of those concepts which works as a foundation of all money management. But before we can understand the time value of money, we must know who should care about it. Theoretically speaking, everyone is affected by this concept. But…
If you are in a dilemma about whether to invest or prepay the home loan using your spare cash, then you are not alone. This dilemma happens to a majority of people. When people climb-up the income ladder, they begin to generate more free cash. If the focus is on improving one’s financial health, wise…
The question, how to build ten crores by investment is vague. It only talks about the end goal. But how to reach there? That is what we will answer in this article. Also Read: How to become rich. Before we can answer the question, we will have to ask a few more questions to remove the vagueness. The…
What prompted people towards gold investment? There was a time When the gold standard was used to value currencies. Every paper currency issued had a value directly linked to gold. But in the 1970s, the US decided to shift from Gold Standard to Fiat Money. Thereon, gold became more of an investment vehicle than a…
When one first starts to feel the need for a personal finance overhaul? It does not happen while just starting in a job. The need for organizing finances creeps in after few years on the job. It’s the time when one is wondering where the money is going? This query starts a chain of thoughts in our minds. Eventually, we realize…
The compound interest formula can teach us the basics of long term investing. We heard about simple interest and compound interest way back in our school days (Class 8th). But in those days, we never realized that these formulas had so much learning for us I feel, had our teachers exemplified us more about compounding returns in those days…
I’m a firm believer of the concept of tracking all expenses. If financial independence is the ultimate goal, then tracking expenses is first step which can lead us there. 50/30/20 budgeting rule is the foundation based on which the expense tracking tool will work. If you need to improve your personal finance, then start with…
If idea is to manage our finances seriously, we’ll resort to experts to handle it for us. But is it correct to be dependent on the external agency for this activity? It is not wrong, but it has its own limitations. The success is dependent on the skill of the allocated personal finance manager. More…
We all know what is a fixed deposit, right? Many consider it as an investment option. But I personally prefer to refer to and use it as a convenient savings option. ‘Term deposit’ and ‘bank deposit’ are few other names of fixed deposits. What is ‘fixed’ in a fixed deposit? The tenure of the deposit….
There can be a formula for wealth building. If you are interested to know about how to build wealth then you just need to follow this formula. Who can use this formula? Anyone can use it. But people who are in 30s can benefit most out of it. Why? Because they are ones who have…
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The Dosa Economics of Raghuram Rajan explains the negative impact of high inflation on our purchasing power. But we already know that high inflation is bad, right? So why the RBI Governor had to coin the concept of Dosa Economics? Both, ‘high’ and ‘very-low’ inflation is bad for the overall economy and also for our pockets. Hence Reserve…
