From the age of 50 or thereabouts you need to be planning for retirement. Typically you may be planning to retire at 52-65 depending on many factors of your life..here are a few things you need to take care of: a. Communicate with your spouse: If you think you will retire at 55 and your […]
There is only ONE reason why people get into debt. Living beyond their means. Make no mistake there is just one reason. However when people get into debt, and when they come to me, they justify on various grounds…I have very little sympathy -Satyam is never Sundaram, but always SHIVAM!! What are the main reasons […]
In all my financial interactions – be it planning for clients, training, teaching or writing, people have come to me with some problem which they think is unique. In all the financial problems, I am able to find a pattern. Believe it or nor, people more often than not choose the problem by their behavior. […]
What is an emergency fund? and Do you need an emergency fund? My views of an emergency fund have changed a lot since the Satyam episode! For most of Satyam employees Raju’s ‘confession’ was an emergency. How would they have adapted to it? Or still adapting to it? What would happen to you and your […]
The key to quality insurance is in choosing a good quality Agent. The word agent comes from the Indian Contract Act, 1872 and it is the Christian name for the guy who brings insurance / mutual fund product to your door step. Nowadays they have various names like Consultant, advisor, and the like, but I […]
What is wealth? And what is having a wealthy mindset? I could have easily adopted the text book method of defining wealth – and there are many available. Instead let us look at mindsets. It starts from the basic question of “Why do we borrow?” Most of us will today not need to borrow to […]
I could have easily adopted the text book method of defining wealth – and there are many available. Instead let us look at mindsets. It starts from the basic question of “Why do we borrow?” Most of us will today not need to borrow to buy a VCD or a television (did you note we […]