Category Archives: Planning

Never too Late to Plan your Retirement

Posted on January 17, 2009 by admin

To catch up at 60 with someone who has been saving Rs 50,000 a year from 30, you will have to save Rs 4 lakh a year. The flip side is that it may now be easier to bear the … Continue reading →

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Financial Literacy Drive Treasure Post

Posted on August 8, 2008 by Ranjan

This post links to a treasure trove of information on personal finance. Actually, April was National Financial Literacy Month in the US and JDR (GetRichSlowly) has the ultimate collection of posts covering everything on Personal Finance. Other than the 20 … Continue reading →

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Please Subscribe to the improved blog

Posted on June 15, 2007 by Ranjan

I feel like a sheep today. The reason is that I am requesting you to take the trouble of migrating to the new improved blog. The blog is linked to a Personal Finance website It also has a discussion forum … Continue reading →

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Personal Finance Website Update

Posted on June 14, 2007 by Ranjan

Nine months ago I did not know what a blog is? Stuck up at home due to a back injury, I was casually chatting up with a geeky friend asking him about how to create a website, purely in jest. … Continue reading →

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Power and Magic of Compounding

Posted on May 4, 2007 by Ranjan

Simple maths tell us more about the power of starting early and investing regularly rather than any rants. Check out this simple calculator by Hugh where he gives an option to compare two savings/investing options. I have taken the following … Continue reading →

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Financial Literacy Drive Treasure Post

Posted on May 2, 2007 by Ranjan

This post links to a treasure trove of information on personal finance. Actually, April was National Financial Literacy Month in the US and JDR (GetRichSlowly) has the ultimate collection of posts covering everything on Personal Finance. Other than the 20 … Continue reading →

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Tips on Financial Planning and Budgeting

Posted on April 24, 2007 by Ranjan

Getting rich is in your hands, nobody else’s . So get started with working hard or smart (depends on you again), adding to your finance knowledge and generally taking responsibility for yourself. Get Rich Or Die Trying. If Financial decisions … Continue reading →

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Personal Finance at School

Posted on April 16, 2007 by Ranjan

This news can make you feel that it should have been started in your time. The Government is thinking of starting a course on Investing in the schools in Std. XI/XII. For me the first principle of investing is “better … Continue reading →

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Is ULIP for you?

Posted on April 15, 2007 by Ranjan

ULIP is a hot selling insurance product these days. Unit Linked Insurance policy is an insurance policy where the funds are invested in the Capital market and the policyholder bears all the investment risks. Insurance companies are falling over each … Continue reading →

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Priceless Investment advice by Warren Buffett

Posted on April 14, 2007 by Ranjan

It’s far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price: Warren Buffett During the period from 1980 to 2003, the stock portfolio of Berkshire Hathaway beat the S&P 500 index … Continue reading →

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