These are uncertain times of high inflation and rising cost of living; Financial Planning helps one to find answers on many financial challenges. The Financial Planning services are best secured from a fee-only Certified Financial Planner or SEBI Registered Investment Advisor who provides unbiased advice independent of product sales. If you pay fees for financial planning, what do you get in return? Will you be able to recover the value of the fee that you are paying?   The first thing that you need to appreciate is that financial plan is a blueprint that we create, to achieve future goals.  This offers a framework and a […]

Akash is 14 years old, staying in Kharghar with his parents. He is in born differently-abled. He depends always on his mother for daily routines. His parents are spending around to Rs 20,000 per month on his treatment. They are worried for his future; what will happen to him if they are not there? Like Akash’s parents, most are worried for their special children. The emotional support can be provided by the family but a permanent financial solution for the children during their life time is the biggest challenge in our society. During their life time, they can take care of […]

The period between 2002-2011 was a golden period for real estate investments. Now we have some data to understand the current situation. The National Housing Bank (NHB), the regulator of housing finance companies have launched a revamped RESIDEX, a housing price index. The index claims to offer home prices of 50 cities across the nation. This should help us get some idea about which way the real estate prices have gone over the last few years. And for the first time we should be able to calculate the actual city wise returns. Let’s take a look at Table below. It […]

Infosys share  price crashed yesterday  due to the resignation of their CEO  Mr. Vishal Sikka, the first non-founder CEO.He cited the interference of  Founder Mr. Narayan Murthy in his domain. But Mr Sikka reiterated his belief in the great potential of Infosys. The founders of Infosys  were known for good corporate governance but face a great challenge on succession planning going ahead. Business tycoon Mr Vijay pat Singhania,founder of Raymonds  has been entangled with his son Mr Gautam Singhania  on inheritance of his empire.He has already handed over his empire to his son but he has no money to meet […]