Reverse CAGR Calculator | Financial Literacy
A reverse CAGR calculator is used to estimate the final value of an investment, based on starting value, CAGR returns expected, and the number of years.
Finance For Beginners
Here’s a list of all posts designed discussing finance for beginners.
A note before you proceed
All these posts are secondary in nature. Simply put, they are only a secondary addition to your overall fundamental knowledge. Your first goal must be to ensure you have a firm understanding of the fundamentals.
CAGR Calculator | Calculate Compounded Annual Growth Rate
This quick and easy CAGR Calculator helps you estimate the Compounded Annual Growth Rate of your investment based on initial value, final value, and the number of years between the two values
What Are ELSS Funds? Everything You Need To Know
This post covers what ELSS Funds are, how they’re different from regular funds, and which sites should one use to invest in them.
How To Start Investing in India | Mutual Funds & More
Some 80 odd questions came from about 350 participants of a Bootcamp corporate webinar held last week. Those questions are being posted here, since the blog is a free resource and will help other readers as well.
I’ve clubbed similar questions into a single one. And again, just about every question here has been answered in excruciating detail in the book.
No surprise then, that I answered these questions in the same enthusiasm as a child who’s been asked to do redo his last year’s homework.
Buying an LIC Policy | What You Should Know | 2020
If you, or someone you care about are planning to invest in an LIC policy, here are some critical, mind-bending facts which you need to know. In a way this is also everything that your agent doesn’t want you to know.
This post isn’t about the low overall effectiveness of such LIC policies, but about how your hard earned wealth ends up working for your LIC agent.
Click the title above to read more.
The Fivefold Path to Wealth
Pandemics, world wars, recessions, investing strategies have come and gone. But through the thick and thin of it, the core principles of wealth building haven’t changed. Though being proven by studies year after year, these simple rules are often ignored because they’re far too simple; too boring.
We’re giving away free copies of the book
My publisher is keen on giving away a couple dozen copies of my book. So, here’s your chance to score a free copy of ‘Smart Money Moves’.
Old Vs New Tax slabs: A Quiz and a Calculator to help you decide
Starting 2020, you’ll need to tell your employer every year whether you plan to choose the old tax regime, or the new one.
As with everything else on the planet, both approaches have their pros and cons. The good thing though, is that it isn’t set in stone. Salaried folks can switch between the two regimes every year. But how does you choose?
This post lists four ways which will help you decide — including a quiz and a tax calculator.
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Tax saving mutual funds: For who, and when to sell
This might be too basic a post for most subscribed readers of this site. But tax saving mutual funds are typically the first point of entry for most new equity investors. The whole post has been written in F.A.Qs, with clearly visible Qs. Feel free to jump skip all the questions you are certain you know.
Should you invest in NPS? And the irony of it. [July 2020 Review]
This post takes a look at how NPS works, its options and whether you should invest in it. The whole post is in sections and bulleted points so just skip the parts you think you already know.