Personal Finance Rule 2 – Pay your credit card bills in full

6 years ago

This short post reiterates the importance of avoiding an extremely harmful behaviour for your financial health - carrying credit card…

Personal Finance Rule 1 – Save 30% of your income

6 years ago

This short post describes a possible savings target in India - 30% of post tax income. This is a companion…

Benefits of Compounding – Visualizing the Eighth Wonder

7 years ago

In popular imagination, Albert Einstein is supposed to have called compound interest as the eighth wonder of the world.  He…

BASICS of Investing – Five steps before you start

7 years ago

A lot of people are interested in 'Investments'  to create assets. An often asked question is how to begin investing.…

Wait, NPS still has issues as a retirement asset

7 years ago

The recent announcements on improvements in the New Pension Scheme (NPS see here) have created a lot of buzz around…

Dialing back on mutual fund dividends – A Welcome Development

7 years ago

Mutual fund dividends have been used in interesting ways in India. It is public knowledge that the dividends in mutual…

FIRE Up – Comprehensive calculator for Early Retirement

7 years ago

FIRE - Financial Independence, Retire Early This long article describes a calculator that combines a set of factors to assess…

Overnight Funds – A good choice for safety

7 years ago

Debt mutual funds are promoted as products that give 'better returns' than fixed deposits, while being quite safe. This is…

Jeevan Anand – Joy for the agent, not for the buyer

7 years ago

Endowment plans are evergreen products for the insurance industry. They receive a lot of promotion and aggressive selling. In this…

All the financial advice that you ever need – Pollack’s Index Card: India version

7 years ago

Index Card for India The original Index Card for personal finance was published by Harold Pollack here: Index Card  It…