A recent report released by the Investment Company Institute (ICI) stated that passive fund investments have crossed active fund investments and reached an $11 trillion benchmark in 2020. A significant shift in investment styles can be seen across the world. Investors are slowly moving major portions of their investments from active to passive funds and ...

Many individuals have more than one source of income. The money may not necessarily come from employment but other avenues such as interest on deposits, dividends, capital gains, retirement plan distributions, freelance projects, and more. When accounting for taxes, all these sources of income need to be assessed too. Your tax liability will be determined ...

Maintaining finances involves dealing with various parameters and methods that help you gauge the true worth of a person. While it is difficult to tag things in black and white, there are a few parameters that give a fairly clear idea of how things currently are. One such parameter is the net worth of a ...

Retirement is a transitional milestone that serves as a gateway to a different phase of life. The catalogue and itinerary are different but what remains the same is the need for green bills. However, retirement is not always synonymous with old age as many people these days are opting to retire early. If you are ...

Estate planning is a broad concept encompassing financial planning and related aspects. As important as it should be, most people tend to exclude it from their financial planning. There are also some people who underestimate the size and value of their estate and do not give their estate plan the attention it deserves. Estate planning ...

Focus is elementary in all aspects of life. Whether it is education, relationships, work, or finances, being focused is necessary and irreplaceable for achieving the desired results. It is no secret that motivated and purposeful investors are more likely to attain financial freedom in life. However, people tend to sometimes deviate from the right financial ...

Retirement planning is being widely discussed these days with people being more and more aware of the FIRE movement. FIRE is a movement that refers to ‘Financial Independence, Retire Early’. The idea found its value in the lives of youngsters who wanted to enjoy a relaxed retirement as soon as they could, rather than spend ...

A financial advisor is a person who partners with you and goes the extra mile to keep you financially secure. With more and more people opting for aggressive investing these days, the need for financial advisors has also increased. According to a study, the demand for financial advisors has gone up by 12% in just ...

Investing is one of the most crucial financial decisions people make in their life. The world of investments is an extremely vast domain with numerous options to deal with. However, not many investors are familiar with all the asset classes that the investment market offers.  Improper knowledge and experience sometimes leads them to investing in ...

The financial rulebook says that you should never depend on a single income, and that creating a second source by strategic investments is the answer to a secure life. But if investing was that easy, everyone would be a stock trader.  Market volatility, risk tolerance, allocation of units, and finding the right time period to ...