Manoj Arora's Blog, page 18

10 Common Myths Surrounding Fixed Deposits and Earned Interest

Though tax inefficient and not the best returns provider, Fixed Deposits (FDs) definitely deserve their own pie in your portfolio. This is one investment option which is simple, guaranteed, 100% liquid, monitoring free and risk free - all rolled in one. However simple you may think they are, there are many myths surrounding Fixed Deposits and the interest accrued from them. Inefficiently

10 Outstanding Lessons from the book "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

Why are ice hockey players born in the first few months of a year? How did Beatles and Bill Gates succeed? "The Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell answers these and many more questions. Debuted at number one on the bestseller lists for The New York Times and The Globe and Mail, "Outliers" held the position on the former for eleven consecutive weeks... In Outliers, Gladwell examines the

8 Strong Reasons to buy your own Health Insurance Cover right now.

You feel you are too young for Health Insurance? Or you are under the false impression that you are already adequately covered by your employer? Or you are one of those who have closed their eyes to the modern lifestyle diseases and feel that nothing is going to happen to you? Whatever be the case, it is better to wake up to the reality of Health Insurance before it is too late....Read on

Are you chasing your goals or merely its means?

Have we got mixed up between our goals and the means to achieve those goals? Most of us have. Wake up before time runs out !... Unhappy and frustrated with recent exam results at school, my elder one was desperately looking forward to something that could soothe her mind. It is not only about kids and exams, it could be you and your career, you and your business, your life, your relations,

Sophia M Joe from Kochi - A sports champion, a super model, a Dreamer

Sophia Joe is a celebrated model and an athlete. A three-time national champion at shot put and discus throw, she has represented India at numerous international events. She is also a talented painter and jewellery designer.  But none of these achievements makes her truly special. There is something beyond all these, which makes her a worthy contender for our Dream On story today...Read on..

Open Ended Vs Close Ended Mutual Funds

Mutual Funds, which was supposed to be an extremely simplified method of investing in equity market, has become overly complex today with hundreds and thousands of products from innumerable fund houses. If you were a new investor in the market and you had INR 5000 per month to invest in Mutual Funds, imagine how confusing it could be to take your first step.  One of the most fundamental

This amazing new tool feature wont let you miss your key expenses !

This amazing new feature in our Financial Planning and Tracking Tool warns you if you have missed tracking your regularly occurring expenses...and it comes all FREE to you. Read on.. Background We have been working pretty hard on our Financial Freedom Planning and Tracking Tool for our readers. It is a FREE tool that we provide to all our book readers (and even non readers) to help them

5 Fantastic Lessons from the book "The Kite Runner" by Khalid Hosseini

"The Kite Runner" by Khalid Hosseini was a # 1 New York Times bestseller for many years with over 7 million copies sold in USA alone. The book revolves around key relationships of a father-son, two close friends, and the spirit of redemption...Read on.. This is a very well crafted story with some intricate learning for our day to day life. Depicting the story of a young boy from Kabul,

Track every tree online - Launching Kalpavriksha website

Your Kalpavriksha Website (http://www.mykalpavriksha.org) is now LIVE and kicking ! For the first time across this planet (we think so), you can track every single tree, view latest tree pictures, monitor every single donation, see each rupee spend, view entire book of accounts, check the status of the trees you are volunteering or leading, see the trees you donated - and apply for being a

The world of Payment Banks in India

My PayTM wallet account recently got converted to a PayTM Payment Bank account of its own, and the wallet balance will now start earning a decent interest as well. Welcome to the world of Payment Banks - a new model of banks conceptualised by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Background Payments banks is a new model of banks conceptualised by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). A payments