Commodities are products that come from earth. Common commodities are wheat, rice, gold, silver, copper, iron, crude oil and many more. Commodities are used as raw materials by businesses for...
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Asset Class Part – III : Introduction to Fixed income or Debt Instruments
In order for a business to grow it needs money to buy plant and machinery or invest in new product development. Business has two options to get this money - generate it internally or get it from...
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Asset Classes Part – II : Introduction to currency
Evolution of currency can be linked with the evolution of trade. During early days people used barter system for trading. As part of barter system goods were exchanged with one another. For...
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Asset Classes Part – I : An Introduction
An asset is anything of value that can be converted into cash. Individuals, companies, and governments own assets. Assets can create or preserve value over a period of time, this feature of...
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Risk Profiling : One’s ability to handle loss and sleep peacefully
Risk is the probability or threat of damage, injury, liability, loss, or any other adverse or unwelcome circumstance that may be avoided through some action.
Risk is a part of all of our...
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What you should know about Financial Planners
An individual or family can work with a financial planner at any age and at any stage of life, or approach a planner, when feeling overwhelmed, confused, stressed out or scared by their financial...
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Elements of Financial Planning & Challenges it Fixes
As an individual moves through various stages in the life cycle, from young earner towards middle ages and then towards retirement, the approach towards life undergoes a change. With passage of...
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Financial Planning Part – II : An individual’s life cycle and financial planning
Previous post Financial Planning Part - I : An individual's life cycle and financial planning talks about various phases of an individual's life. And how an individual in each phase plays a...
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Health Insurance : An Important Risk Transfer Mechanism – Part III
The word "Health‟ was derived from "hoelth‟, which means "soundness of the body‟. In olden days, health was considered a "Divine Gift‟ and illness was believed to be caused due to the...
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Life Insurance : An Important Risk Transfer Mechanism – Part II
In India the principle of life insurance was reflected in the institution of joint-family system. Sorrows and losses were shared by various family members in the event of unfortunate demise of a...
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