The extra day (29th Feb) of 2016, was well utilised as I love following important events. Well, I could not get more as both events belong to subjects close to my heart… movies and finance. I woke up to 88th Academy Awards (Oscars) and ended with decoding Budget 2016. This Oscars ended 20 years wait forRead More
All Questions Answered on Retirement Planning – Part 2
This is the second part, where all your questions on Retirement Planning are being answered, we plan to dig deep in terms of planning the retirement. There are questions like what’s the correct age to retire, what time plan should be implemented, who can assist me in planning etc… here we start one by one:Read More
All Questions Answered on Retirement Planning – Part 1
At the edges, it all falls apart, is a common saying but with a deep meaning. When it comes to retirement, if you are not planned to face the real world, life can be hard for you and family. So this time, I have tried to play question and answer session with myself and haveRead More
Automated Savings Plan
Aren’t these two words “Savings” & “Automatic” antonyms? Can savings happen automatically? My answer is with you – No. Savings do not happen automatic because of the very human nature of “pleasing yourself first”. One tries to dodge all hard functions first and tries to shift/delay the real painful measures. But we all know savingsRead More
The Right Start for 2016
After almost 20 days in 2016, I know most of you will already be haunting under guilt shadow of breaking most of the resolutions that you made for 2016. We take decisions in moments of spurts (like New Year) and wishfully think that lives would improve. But the old habits die hard and then weRead More
How Assets Classes Behave in Real Life? A Pictorial Story
Recently I received a data how much returns assets classes gave for calendar years 2004-2014 – for a ten-year gap. And this was India specific data of assets we invest, advice and deal on daily basis. I also was eager to confirm what we get to hear from fund managers and finance gurus– Does investmentRead More