The low interest rate period is basically a bad news for the conservative investors. At the same time, it is good news for borrowers. The concept of assured or fixed interest rate is a thing of past (taken for granted). In past, the investors posed their faith in small savings scheme with an assumption to earn relatively higher and assured interest rate. In other words, the interest rates were immune to fluctuations of interest rate cycle. The Small Savings Scheme interest rates remained untouched in past due to populist measures. But with the focus on economic growth, it is imperative to ... Read More
5 Investment Myths That You Should Never Believe
Being into personal finance space, i come across a lot of investment myths on daily basis. Sometimes it is hard to believe that very well educated people blindly trust such investment myths. Investment is an art and no one can teach you the same. Everyone has a different style of investment. The most important point is that you should be comfortable with the investment style. For example, if am not comfortable investing in the stock market then better i should avoid the same rather losing money & regret later. I do agree that it is not feasible for us to be perfect in the art of ... Read More
Lower Interest Rate Cycle – Are You Ready for these 5 Changes
Lower Interest Rate is an alien concept for India. Typically, India as a country is "high interest rate" country. The reason being we are Savers rather Spenders. Because of this reason, we expect "high" interest rate on Savings and willing to pay "higher" interest rate on Loans. As i shared in my previous posts, the saving rate in India is one of the highest in the world i.e. 30%. In my post, Small Savings Schemes i explained how a cut in interest rates will help consumption cycle. Basically, the objective is to reduce savings and increase spending. The interest rate in growth-oriented ... Read More
7 Benefits of Sukanya Samriddhi Account
Sukanya Samriddhi Account is another welcome step from Govt of India. Honorable Prime Minister of India, Sh. Narendra Modi Ji launched Sukanya Samriddhi Account "A Small Savings Scheme" on 22nd January 2015. It is part of "Beti Bachao - Beti Padhao" initiative of Government of India (GOI) also known as BBB. Despite sincere efforts from Govt of India, Sex ratio in India is still a grave concern and it shows the backwardness of the country. It's commendable that Govt of India is taking steps to change the mindset of people towards Girl Child. Recently i saw few TV ads of GOI with a message that ... Read More
Should i invest in Kisan Vikas Patra ?
Kisan Vikas Patra was initially launched in the year 1988. Kisan Vikas Patra was one of the most popular and successful small savings scheme in India till it was withdrawn in 2011. The reason for withdrawal was laundering of Black money through this small savings scheme. "Double your Money in 5 and a half year" was USP of Kisan Vikas Patra during 90's. The investment discussion between my parents revolved around only 3 saving schemes i.e. NSC (National Savings Certificate), PPF (Public Provident Fund) or Kisan Vikas Patra. To be honest, not many options were available during those days. When i ... Read More
Recurring Deposit (RD) Small Savings Scheme
Recurring Deposit is most popular Small Saving Scheme in India. In small cities and towns, you will not find even a single household without Recurring Deposit or RD Account (Recurring Deposit account is popularly known as RD). When i was kid, on 5th of every month my mother used to give me Rs 500 and her Recurring Deposit Passbook to be handed over to the Post Office agent. On 10th of every month, i used to collect it back with an entry for the month in Recurring Deposit Passbook. Recurring Deposit is blessing in disguise for small investors. Recurring Deposit can be opened with an investment ... Read More