Education Loans: A Smart Investment or a Debt Trap?

Education Loans: A Smart Investment or a Debt Trap?

Pursuing higher education is expensive, and education loans have become a popular way to finance it. However, it is essential to consider the pros and cons of taking an education loan before deciding. In this blog, we will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of education loans and help you decide if it’s the right choice for you. What is an Education Loan? An education loan is a type of loan that helps students finance their education expenses, including tuition fees, accommodation, books, and other related expenses. Education loans can be availed from various financial institutions, including banks, NBFCs, and the …

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Where should you park your emergency fund?

Where should you park your emergency fund?

When you plan your goals or lay out your financial plan, it is essential that you consider the place for an emergency fund in it. Unexpected expenses and job losses can put severe pressure on your existing budget, which can be avoided by having a “Plan B” in place as we learned in this blog. Although we discussed what an emergency fund is and its need, the important question remained as to where one should park it. Where Is The Safest Place To Invest Emergency Fund? When parking and emergency fund you should keep in mind that the returns are secondary. …

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Don’t Leave Your Child’s Education to Chance: A Guide to Planning and Investing

Don't Leave Your Child's Education to Chance: A Guide to Planning and Investing

Every parent wants to give their child the best start in life; a solid education is a fundamental part of that. Planning for a child’s education can be overwhelming and confusing, with many options and decisions to make. And financing is a very crucial part of the various decisions you are likely to make as your child grows up. In this blog, we’ll explore the importance of education planning, how you can plan for your child’s education, and the various vehicles available to help you fund it. The importance of planning Some crucial points on why planning your child’s education …

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5 Terms You Must Know About Your Health Insurance

5 Terms You Must Know About Your Health Insurance

Health insurance is the basic foundation of a sound financial plan. A health insurance policy can help you cover the costs of medical surgeries, expenses, and other procedures. With a comprehensive health policy in place, your overall planning can largely stay unaffected as unexpected medical bills can be covered or reimbursed by health policies. With the rising medical inflation, the cost of surgeries and procedures in India is rising. Hence, health coverage is a necessary step you should be taking toward your finances. Moreover, buying a policy isn’t sufficient if you do not give the time to understand it. Knowing …

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How to store your financial documents safely?

How to store your financial documents safely?

To store or not to store is the big question…. that everyone, especially the earning members of our society, has to face regularly to keep their records correctly updated for future reference. Often, we misplace some essential documents when we require them the most or cannot remember where we have stored them, which results in stress and anxiety. As we have seen from our childhood, our parents and grandparents used to (still do!) have these big steel almirahs (Godrej). It was used to store various files and folders– loads of papers, small, big, and large ones. Once a year, they …

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When should one buy a life cover?

When should one buy a life cover?

Have you bought life insurance yet? If yes, that sounds wonderful. You have made the best decision of your life. But why did you get it? Did you buy the policy because you were told it is the best thing one should do or something one should get early? Or was it the tax savings part that persuaded you? If not any of them, was it the “returns”? I hope your decision was not based on “returns” or tax savings. Life insurance is not and shouldn’t be bought for those reasons ever. In this piece, we shall see why you …

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A Will is Willingly Necessary Right Now, More Like Yesterday

A Will is Willingly Necessary Right Now, More Like Yesterday

What is Will? Have you ever thought of the day when everything will be there but you? What will happen to the wealth you created for your family and loved ones in your absence? Would your family get the rightful share of your wealth per your wish, or will they have to fight a legal battle among themselves or others for the right to ownership?  Make a Will beforehand to avoid unnecessary complications after your death and fair distribution of your fortune as per your wish. Will is a legal document left behind for the family and for one’s nearer and dearer. Through this document, a …

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Did you know that you can still save taxes on NPS tier 1 in the new tax regime?

Did you know that you can still save taxes on NPS tier 1 in the new tax regime?

National Pension System (NPS) is a voluntary, defined contribution retirement savings scheme designed to enable subscribers to make optimum decisions regarding their future through systematic savings during their working life. NPS seeks to inculcate the habit of saving for retirement amongst the citizens. It is an attempt to find a sustainable solution to the problem of providing adequate retirement income to every citizen of India. Under NPS, individual savings are pooled into a pension fund which is invested by PFRDA-regulated professional fund managers as per the approved investment guidelines in the diversified portfolios comprising Government Bonds, Bills, Corporate Debentures, and Shares. These contributions …

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SIP – Small Steps towards Big Dream

SIP - Small Steps towards Big Dream

The Great Albert Einstein once said, “The Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it … earns it, he who doesn’t …..  Pays it.” Investment through SIP or Systematic Investment Plan can do wonders through the Power of Compounding. It is an investment mechanism through which you can create wealth over the long term. Like drops of water make an ocean, an SIP can also help you build long-term wealth without bothering about the market’s ups and downs. It allows investing a fixed amount (as small as 500/-) on regular intervals like weekly, monthly, quarterly, or …

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5 major reasons you should keep an emergency fund

5 major reasons you should keep an emergency fund

In this blog, we shall discuss one of the essential habits that make for good financial health– an Emergency Fund. Assuming that you budget and account for every expense diligently, have you given thought to what would happen if things were to go erratic for a bit? After all, we shouldn’t discount the possibility of something terrible happening. Similar to how a physician would put it– “Prevention is better than cure”. If not more, financial health is equally vital as physical and mental fitness. What is an Emergency Fund? An emergency fund is, like the word says, an emergency bucket …

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