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While most Indians are financially unprepared for retirement, many are unaware of the gravity of the situation. In a recent poll, just 20% of respondents said that real retirement planning should begin before the age of 30. On average, respondents surveyed were unable to visualize the retirement corpus that they would need at the time …
Just to start with a disclaimer here, I am not a proponent of a credit card. I do not recommend people to buy credit card, as I am of the old-school follower that spend what you have in your hand, and do not spend by borrowing or taking credit. But the main objective of this …
A joint account is essentially a shared bank account between two or more persons, with most banks permitting up to four joint account holders for a single joint account. It has various advantages, one of which is that it provides simple access to money via debit cards and internet banking. It also streamlines bill payments …
For most house buyers, obtaining a home loan is the only option to realize their home-ownership dreams. While most purchasers focus on interest rates when selecting a loan, there are additional elements to consider so that you can increase your loan approval prospects at a reasonable cost and ensuring consistent repayment of loans. In this …
As a disclaimer, I do not want any untoward incident to happen in any person’s life, but we also need to be a bit practical and be prepared for any eventualities in our life (and do not consider me as a negative person for writing this blog-post). The Covid pandemic inflicted a devastating blow to …
While the vast majority of Indians are monetarily unprepared for retirement, many are actually unaware of the gravity of the situation. According to a poll, just 20% of individuals believe that real retirement planning should begin before the age of 30, and many of them have no clue how much retirement corpus they would need when …
The Finance Ministry recently penalized Public-sector Banks (PSBs) for improperly marketing products related to insurance. The Central Vigilance Commission has also warned against compelled insurance sales, claiming that the temptation of commissions from their sale might alter the overall quality of loans issued. While government bodies and its agencies are taking efforts to avoid mis-selling, customers …
Significant breakthroughs in healthcare have prolonged people’s lifespan, mostly in wealthy countries. People who do not have appropriate personal savings or pensions risk outliving their retirement assets! Those who are experiencing an economic crisis in their finances may decide to leave retirement and return to employment on an intermittent, part-time, or full-time basis. This is done …
Even after such advancements in technologies and the vast open-information base available to learn and understand, children of this generation still lack financial literacy. Children believe that money miraculously comes from their parents’ wallets to provide them with everything they desire. Sadly, not much has evolved from the previous generation to the current, which is …
A vital question to ask college students nowadays is whether or not they are thinking about money. Being curious, acquiring knowledge and discovering new things appear to be too foreign for schools or parents to care about nowadays, as education is centered only on employability. Students have been trained to judge themselves based on their academic …