The nationwide lockdown to prevent the spread of Covid-19 has affected the cashflows or income potential of many citizens. While it is painful to imagine the plight of daily wage earners, many in the organized sector have also struggled. Every day you can hear about the salary cuts or employee layoffs. And this is coming… Continue Reading
House rent is one of the biggest non-discretionary expense in the monthly budget. How do you pay house rent? NEFT/IMPS transfer? Cheque? Cash? I believe, if you are reading this article, you are likely transferring rent directly to the owner’s bank account. Or you already own a house and there is no need to pay rent.… 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
Budget 2020 gave a choice to the taxpayers and a reason to rejoice to the tax accountants. As a taxpayer, you have the following two options. Take tax deductions and continue with the old tax regime Opt for the new tax regime and don’t take tax deductions As a taxpayer, this choice seems relatively simple.… Continue Reading
Credit card have a closer cousin, Charge Cards. Charge cards are not very common. As I understand, only American Express offers charge cards in India. To add to the confusion, American Express offers credit cards too. With respect to the usage, there is little to differentiate between a credit card and a charge card. You… Continue Reading