Showing posts with label Money. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Money. Show all posts

Thursday, February 24, 2011

Why is it a must to have mutual funds in your investments?


Mutual funds are usually considered as good sources of investments because it comprises of a wide dimension, ranging from low risk to high risk options; it is also the reason that mutual fund is suitable for all kinds of investors. Those investors who have recently come out of the web of debts and the debt relief programs may not find the high risk funds as a favorable option as the inconstancy in the value of the high risk funds are more compared to the low risk ones. The low risk mutual funds are those which comprises of the banker’s acceptance and the treasury bills, while the high risk ones are those which invest in equities and stocks of companies. But why is it a must to include mutual funds in your investments? Let us have a glimpse:

·         The mutual funds are managed by full time money managers who are accomplished with the necessary expertise about the economic trends that will follow and invest accordingly.
·         Mutual funds are known to evade your investment risks by putting your money into a diverse range of investments, so even if one of the investments is faring badly, your money will not go into waste.
·         There are a host of benefits which are provided by the mutual fund companies like automatic reinvestment and systematic payments etc which will provide you with the option of reinvesting in dividends and capital gains; this on the other hand will help you to buy more mutual funds.
·         Mutual funds can be started even if you may not have too much of funds because only the initial payments are more which gets reduced at a later stage.
·         Moreover the mutual funds can be sold at any time to obtain liquid cash.
Mutual funds are therefore the best form of investment particularly for the beginners.


Wednesday, February 9, 2011

When the Issues Related to Money Turn into Ego-Battle between Spouses


The passage of time often brings in added existential dilemmas and complications in life, and money plays a very dicey and tricky role in this aspect. The recent financial wounds caused by debts and other financial downturns has touched all our worlds equally and made us turn to various debt settlement companies and debt management programs in order to re-shape our distorted face of personal finance and to put together the scattered pieces of financial security. Since ages we have run and chased money to debt at times and at worst moments, monetary issues have seeped into our familial life as well, and at many times, it has wrecked havoc in marital lives; sometimes in form of ego hassles and at times in form of financial deficiencies. Till now you must have read many blogs related to financial deficiencies which damages marital bliss and understanding between couples and partners due to several forms of economic stress and financial insecurity but very few people read about the most common threat posed by money-related aspects in married couples or partners, and that is the ego hassles between them. We are living in a century of complete gender parity where both men and women are equally positioned as professionals, as well as personal domain.

 It has thus been noticed several times that disparity in income earning and slightly unequal material possession by either of the partner creates an environment of envy, ego and latent feelings of complex on the partner who is comparatively falling behind the other one in terms of income generation and wealth building. This situation generally occurs at home where both the partners are equally ambitions and career-driven, apart from belonging to the same professional field which leads to subtle competition between each other resulting into professional resentment and personal self pride, if not checked at proper time. For example the recent conditions of debt had brought a curse called recession which saw many people jobless and unemployed and there appeared many homes where the male counterpart have to sit back at home in search of a new employment prospect, while the female partner somehow managed to retain her source of income. At such cases, the infamous male ego triggered by a feeling of financial loss and insecurity starts playing dirty to loosen the chords of marital faith and maturity between partners. Numerous such anecdotes can be found around you where money and wealth have played a critical role in imbibing ego tussles between partners. But above all, everyone should remember the fact that at such financially turbulent times, money and its assistance is much more important as any decent source is much more important than the fact that the woman of the house is earning it for the family.






Wednesday, February 2, 2011

This year is great to start your own business


There cannot be no better time to start your business than this year at least. As by this time probably many of you may have come out of the evils of the debt cycle which had begun with the onset of recession. All of you who have been consulting the best debt management programs till now, can actually think of giving a boost to your finances particularly those who have been victims of a job lay off. Initially when you try to conjure images of a business ownership, you may visualize the problems and hassles of funding, securing the business and paying for the materials which may seem as the major obstacles in the way of your dreams, but you are certainly wrong, as being a business owner will actually get you rid of the concerns that you may experience before asking for a raise from your boss to put it simply. So the important thing is the need to remain focused on your goal before being pessimistic about the risks.
For the first timers however, starting with your own business can be exciting because you may finally give up your fears of being laid off and simultaneously you can think of your business as a form of career insurance and you will surely have all the authority to work for yourself rather than for somebody else. According to a study, the average time for which a person can serve an organization is four years, after which they are handed pink slips. Moreover there are many organizations which do not comply with the benefits which they had promised in the beginning and do not treat their employees with sufficient respect which at times can be highly embarrassing. But as soon as you will gather momentum on your efforts to start a business, you will start to get more productive and eventually experience the rewards of your hard work. The aspect of self success was perhaps never ever looked with the required value by your previous employer as what you can experience in your own business, apart from the financial benefits that you can enjoy. So what are you waiting for? Did you ever think of this option as your resolution for this year? As they say “Better late than Never”!