If you want to start your expense tracking from today, you’ve landed on the right page. Here not only you will learn about expense tracking, but you can also download a tool to start doing it today. What is this tool? This is my budgeting and expense tracking Excel-based worksheet. It is a unique tool…
Summary Points: Saving money enables future investments. Retirement savings ensure financial independence. Emergency funds cover unforeseen expenses. Debt and overspending hinder wealth creation. Budgeting and tracking boost savings. Investing locks savings for growth. Self-discipline drives effective saving habits. Simple practices build substantial savings. Debt management saves long-term costs. Tax planning maximizes salary savings. Introduction Experts…
Stock market moves in cycles (up and down). Falling prices are almost a daily routine. So, in backdrop of this fact, what is a stock market correction? When stock market index falls by -10% or below, it can be termed as a “correction”. Stock market corrections are frequent, or it is a rare phenomenon? On…
In this post you’re going to learn how to invest in share market in 2020. In fact, it’s the same process which I still use to invest in best shares. Why I call it as absolute guide? Because this article can handhold it’s reader to start from zero and buy a first stock. So if…
You will like the investment strategy shared in this blog post. Why? Because it is simple to understand, and also useful. Why simple? Because you can visualize all steps involved in the process of investing. Why useful? Because its simplicity will trigger you to start investing from today. [Read: A definitive guide on saving money…]…
It’s been more than a decade since the 2008 financial crisis – originated in the USA. Since then, there have been several publications pointing at the causes of the crisis. The most common cause is assigned to ‘subprime mortgage’.Subprime mortgage refers to Mortgage Backed Securities (MBS), but of a very special category. We will read…
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:…
Hindustan Zinc is the 27th biggest stock in Indian stock market in terms of its market capitalisation (Rs.1,04,661 Crore). Another feature of Hindustan Zinc which makes it my favourite is it being an almost ‘debt free’ company. There are many debt free companies in India. But as Hindustan Zinc being in the metal space, staying…
There was a time in my life where I’d to spend 50% of my ‘take home salary’ on EMI for home loan. Though it was a conscious decision, but I had to live with it for almost 18 months. It was a debt trap for me. In the next phase, I paid back almost 35%…
When I was in my mid-twenties, my father advised me to start investing money. Hence, he helped me to buy my first life insurance endowment plan. In later years, I started buying mutual funds regularly through SIP route on my own. This is the way majority invest money, right? There is nothing wrong with this…
Venky’s is a stock which operates in FMCG sector. It’s line of business is Food Processing. People know Venky’s more for their line of product dealing with ‘processed chicken’. It is one of the most well known businesses operating in the small cap sector. Why Venkys stock? In last 12 months, the price of Venkys…
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…
