What follows in this Blog?

WHAT FOLLOWS IN THIS BLOG?

Well, this is not a Musing but just a post to update the readers about what is going to follow in the Blog. This very obvious lacuna, which I had not realized till today, was pointed out by a friend and I am thankful to him. I am outlining the broad topics that I intend covering in the subsequent musings, the sequence of which may vary. Of course, based on your feedback, I’ll keep adding more topics as we traverse this journey together. So here we go.

1.      Don’t Ever Save.
2.      The Eighth Wonder of the World-Compound Interest.
3.      Spending-Investing Balance.
4.      Understanding Assets and Liabilities.
5.      The Latte Factor-cutting out wasteful expenditure.
6.      Understand your Credit Cards.
7.      Good and Bad debts including debt thumb rules.
8.      Creating Breathing Fund-so that you sleep easy.
9.      Am I on track financially- Some important financial Ratios?
10.    Where do you invest? - The Asset Classes.
11.    Modern Portfolio Theory-its practical usage for a common investor.
12.    The Assets mix-Diversification.
13.    The Masters are Calling-Some model Asset allocation strategies.
14.    Investing in Real Estate.
15.    Investing in Gold.
16.    Equity Investing.
          (a)     Direct Stock Picking-a minefield best avoided.
          (b)     Equity Mutual Funds-are these the panacea?
          (c)     Passive investing-Index funds.
          (d)     ETF.
          (e)     Global Exposure-acres of diamonds.
          (f)      Selection of equity Mutual Funds.
17.    Debt Investing.
          (a)     Fixed Income Instruments.
          (b)     Understanding Bonds.
          (c)     Debt Mutual Funds.
          (d)     Selection of Debt Mutual Funds.
          (e)     A new paradigm of investing.
18.    The puzzle of Returns on investment-a roadmap.
19.    Rebalancing the Portfolio.
20.    Saving for children education.
21.    Saving for retirement.
22.    Risk Management-Insurance.
23.    Tackling Debt-the baby steps method.
24.    Pension and Annuity management.
25.    Tax Management.
26.    The ART of creating wealth.

Let me sign off by saying that I am overwhelmed by the response to the blog which proves that we, the common investors are craving for easy to use investment methodology.

I’ll sign off for today by acknowledging that you have extremely busy schedules and hence may not be able to spare time during weekdays. So, I’ll be sending 2*blogs over the weekend for your consumption.

As ever, I am eagerly waiting for your feedback to improve further.

The next blog will be on “Spending-Investing” balance.




Comments

  1. Unknown18 April 2018 at 22:58

    Hello sir ,

    "a relation between emotional intelligence and financial prosperity". whether this issue can also be covered or does it have any relevance.

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  2. andysfinancial24 April 2018 at 16:57

    Hi Manu, of course emotional intelligence has a lot to do with personal finance. As a famous financial author says, "personal finance is 80% behaviour and 20% head knowledge", which included both IQ and EQ. I will be covering this issue as we go along.
    Thanks for following.

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  3. manu garg30 April 2018 at 17:36

    thank you sir for your positive response. would you please suggest me any good book on Emotional Intelligence.

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    1. andysfinancial4 May 2018 at 06:57

      Hi Manu, "Emotional Intelligence" by Daniel Goleman is the pioneering work in this field. Do read it. He has subsequently written more books on this subject like "Working with emotional Intelligence" and "Social Intelligence". Happy reading.

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    2. Unknown5 May 2018 at 18:34

      thank you sir

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