You need quick funds. You do not want to break your head to optimise your selection. Usually, in such cases, you approach your bank and see if it can give you a quick loan. In this post, let’s review a loan that is instantly available if you own a HDFC Bank credit card. By the… Continue Reading
Did you recently purchase a product on the No-cost EMI? Are you planning to avail moratorium on such a loan? If the answers to both the questions is YES, how will the moratorium affect the No-cost EMI structure? Will this still be a No-cost EMI? Let’s find out. How Do the No-Cost EMIs Work? You… Continue Reading
You invest Rs 50,000 in stock market. Your investment doubles in 6 months. A 100% gain in 6 months is a reason to rejoice but something pinches you. Even though you made a 100% gain, it is not a big amount in absolute terms. Wish you had invested a bigger amount. You would have earned… Continue Reading
You are struggling to pay your loan EMIs. With the EMIs, credit card bills and regular expenses, you never seem to have enough. You can’t invest for your retirement or your kids’ higher education. What can you do to get out of this problem? It is not easy. However, avoiding self-goals and using a common-sense… Continue Reading
22-May Update — RBI has extended EMI moratorium on all term loans by another 3 months till 31-August-2020. The Reserve Bank of India had announced a 3-month EMI moratorium as a Covid-19 regulatory package in March 2020. In a previous post, we discussed if you should opt for such a moratorium. The crux was that, if… Continue Reading
Recently, RBI imposed a moratorium on withdrawals from a leading private bank. The depositors and the investors with the bank were understandably worried. The stock price tanked the following morning. We have been focusing on how the various depositors will be affected. As I understand from the bank’s restructuring plan, the depositors are completely safe… Continue Reading
22-May Update — RBI has extended EMI moratorium on all term loans by another 3 months till 31-August-2020. Following RBI’s Covid-19 regulatory package, your bank may have provided you an option to not pay loan EMIs or credit card payment until May 31, 2020. As a borrower, should you opt for this? In this post, let’s… Continue Reading
Are you wary of buying an under-construction property? While under-construction properties are cheaper and offer greater potential for capital appreciation, such properties also come with an element of uncertainty. What if the builder fails to deliver the property on time? Or from what many buyers across the country have faced, the builder fails to deliver… Continue Reading
While all of us are staying at home amidst Covid 19 scare, all the expenses including the loan EMIs must still be paid. The salaried employees shouldn’t have much to worry, at least in the very short term since they will continue to get their salaries. However, a certain segment of self-employed, professionals, shopkeepers and… Continue Reading
It began with a small loan that you couldn’t repay on time. Then, you had to take another loan to repay the older one. Your spendthrift ways continued. You had credit cards and you kept making minimum payments and kept rolling over debt. Gradually, things started getting out of control. The high rate of interest… Continue Reading