First Make a budget! – this is a good new year resolution to make. Perhaps the best. Budget, is normally a word which has negative connotations! If you see saving and investing as “consumption foregone today for consuming at a later date” you might see it in a different light. One of the challenges with […]
I was just hearing a dialogue between 2 kids earning about 20k a month. Needless to say they have a hand to mouth existence. However one is the son of a successful (cash rich) father (employee in a psu bank) and the other is completely on his own (father does not support him). The topic […]
If at a later date dictionary the word ‘inefficient’ is associated with personal finance, remember you read it here first. This post was triggered by a visit to a friend’s house last week. To be fair to him he had been calling me for a few months and I found the willingness only now. He […]
Parroting ‘time spent in the market is better than timing the market’ is done by many journalists especially in the financial sector. However it does not giving the following advise: “It is your money. So if you are nervous about the market move into cash” When there are dark clouds, when you are feeling sad, […]
Why should I hold cash? A very good question which many people keep asking. It is true of individuals, corporations and funds. Well cash is held for 3 main purposes (any Economics tutorial 101 will tell you this): 1. Transactions Motive – to do transactions 2. Precautionary Motive – just in case I need something. […]
Whenever I meet clients who are new to investing I can make out who has been their adviser for their earlier investments. It could be a cousin, neighbor, or a banker. They leave a lot of trail. The greatest thing that they do is emphasize on recent history. Though we all know that today was […]
Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) is a regulatory reserve requirement under section 42(1) of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 which is to be maintained as CASH or CURRENT ACCOUNT balances with Reserve Bank of India, along with gold by all Scheduled Commercial Banks as a percentage of its Net Demand and Time Liabilities (NDTL). […]