Browsing articles in "Personal Finance"
Sep
1
2012

Muthoot Group launches Mobile apps

Muthoot Group (a M.G GeorgeEnterprise) under its flagship brand Muthoot Finance has launched ‘MuthootGroup Apps’ exclusively for Apple iOS and Andriod devices. The first NBFC (non-banking financial company) tolaunch such an app, it will facilitate everyone (students, business schools/colleges,service class, businessmen, HNIs) with investment tips, stock exchangereports, share trading, purchasing of gold & silver coins, [...]

Mar
16
2012

Telecom sector Reaction to the Indian Union Budget, 2012

When Mr. Pranab Mukherjee quoted from Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’ to joke about the tough job FM has towards ensuring the interest of a range of stakeholders – one couldn’t help but think of the “har friend zaroori hai, yaar” reference and empathize with the challenge involved in leading this mammoth task. Given slowing growth of the economy and [...]

Mar
23
2011

8 Family Budgeting Misconceptions demystified

Let’s put on our thinking cap: Depositing our pay cheques in bank and using the credit and ATM card for spending seems easy. However keeping the track of your income and expenses, to get full value for your money is possible only with budgeting. Budgeting helps most of us to keep track of our income [...]

Mar
18
2011

A step by step guide to first financial plan

Prabu was a college student till yesterday. Today he has got a job. He has changed his costume from T-shirt and jeans to a formal wear with a tie. When he got his first pay cheque, his father advised him to save, his girl friend asked him to take her out on a date, and [...]

Mar
17
2011

All you wanted to know about Mediclaim Policy

Health care costs are sky rocketing day by day. Therefore the need for having a mediclaim policy for you and your dependents has grown. Suppose you have to undergo some medical treatment or need to be hospitalized for certain reason, then a mediclaim policy will be of immense help to you in covering your health [...]

Mar
16
2011

Get Richer by avoiding this Money Mistake

Mental Accounting is one such money mistake even smart people are committing.  Understanding this mistake and avoiding this could make us richer. Behavioral Finance experts say that mental accounting works this way: Let us say you have bought a Rs.200 ticket to a movie. When you show up at the entrance of the theatre and [...]

Mar
15
2011

How to Retire Early? Retire sooner and richer:

The mindset of today’s young professionals is changing radically. They would like to have a semi-retired life in their late forties or early fifties by taking up a hobby instead of a regular job. Somewhere within all of us, there is a dream to reach a point in life where we have enough wealth to [...]