Finance

For those of you who don’t know, I spend a lot of time thinking and prototyping innovative solutions at work. Be it small IoT, Bluetooth beacon-based solutions to more complex drone and Augmented Reality prototypes, I’m involved at some stage or the other. The end goal is always to ensure …

There were days when your parents would give you a 10Rs note and you could buy anything you want, no questions asked. That’s when most of us got a sense of what money is. Over time, our understanding of money has improved as we started working. While financial literacy hasn’t …

If you are the one who spends a minute or two in the business and finance section of your newspaper, I’m sure you would be aware of the Franklin Templeton Mutual Funds Debt Schemes wind up the issue. You can either read this blog post to understand more about Franklin …

How many of you ever wondered that you would be able to rent furniture and home appliances? Well, if we ask this same question to the millennials, they would be startled if these things weren’t available on rent. The new age consumer in India is fueling the rental economy. Millennials are no …

Economic reforms are important for the growth of any country. While most of us (the working class) are interested only in the income tax details, there are a lot of other initiatives taken to offer assistance to other sections of the economy especially the small and medium enterprises to boost …

Being a self taught financial planner can be a boon and a bane. Because you are not in the hands of a professional advisor, you may land up in a financial debt. For me, it’s all about reading & watching videos to understand more. I spend a lot of time …

Even today (almost 10 years since I left school) I feel that the level of Financial Literacy in India still is in a bad shape. I’ve repeatedly spoken about this and will repeat again. People aren’t aware of the financial instruments available and have no idea how to build wealth. …

“For all of the uncertainty, we cannot flee the future”, Barbara Jordan -and this is true for all of us. There’s so much uncertainty surrounding us that we simply cannot flee the future. And just to ensure that things stay as it is for longer, humans created insurance. From insuring …

One process that most of us would do every year is renewing our vehicle insurances. And for most of us, it’s only to get away from the traffic cops. The yearly ritual has become an automated process and we barely have a look at the break-up provided by the insurance …

In one of my earlier posts, I had quoted Mr Warren Buffet who says “If you don’t find a way to make money while you sleep, you will work until you die“. And I’m sure most of you out there would agree. Of all the various financial instruments on offer, …