2008 brought to the world the worst financial disaster since the great depression of 1929. People lost their jobs, investments tanked, the value of real estate dropped, and financial anxiety was at its peak. The aftermath of the financial crisis of 2008 was equally alarming. There were approximately 8.8 million jobs lost in total with ...

Whether it is the holiday season or a special occasion like a birthday, graduation, etc., gifts can be a great way to show appreciation, admiration, and love for your children. However, as parents, your responsibility towards your child goes beyond traditional gifts like toys, books, family vacations, a trip to the mall, or gadgets. As ...

Ideally, your portfolio grows with you. How you invest depends a lot on your age, and hence, your portfolio eventually shapes and looks different according to your life stage. Conventional wisdom suggests making your portfolio more conservative as you get older and approach retirement. It may be advisable to rebalance your asset allocation, lower the ...

The Coronavirus pandemic has moved people across the world towards making changes to their social and personal lifestyles. In addition to this, their investment portfolios have been affected too and may require adjustments amid the crisis in order to maintain balance and profitability. The primary purpose of these alterations is to secure the investments amid ...

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 ...

Investing these days is not limited to mutual funds, fixed deposits, and old school real estate. There are many new ways to invest your money and one of them is via REITs. REITs or Real Estate Investment Trusts are the new definition of investing that have revolutionized the way people see real estate as an ...

Estate planning, simply put, is the management and distribution of one’s assets after their death or incapacitation. Its primary objective is to distribute a person’s estate to its rightful heirs, with a focus to reduce estate tax. Of the many methods involved in estate planning, the two basic ones are writing a will and setting ...

Estate planning is an indisputable way to a secure future. Starting with the simple step of making a will, estate planning can also involve setting up a trust, preparing a power of attorney, protecting the interests of a minor, and much more. In fact, contrary to popular belief, everyone needs an estate plan even if ...

Estate planning is often an ignored subject, yet an important one which should be on the top of your priority list. More than half of the adult U.S population is yet to make a will. The absence of a will could prove to be disastrous for their children if a tragedy were to strike. As ...

Estate planning is the most multi-faceted aspect of financial planning. It involves emotions and relationships, and is perhaps the only part of personal finance that you plan for someone else and not yourself. Unlike your other financial goals, estate planning depends largely on the structure of your family. Your marital status plays a very significant ...