Manoj Arora's Blog, page 22

Auto Balance your Portfolio using TRIP feature of Mutual Funds

Portfolio balancing at regular intervals, is vital, to optimize your returns. However, so many of us are short of time to monitor and re-balance our portfolio. Here comes a TRIP feature in Mutual Funds - a feature that allows you to automatically balance your portfolio between debt and equity...Read on... Why Balance the Portfolio? A balanced portfolio leads to optimized returns. And the

Stinking Thinking of our Society - Time to change

Have you heard of names like PV Sindhu, Sakshi Malik and Dipa Karmakar? And also of Mariyappan Thangavelu, Varun Singh Bhati and Jhajharia? Oh ! you can relate to the first three, but not the next three. Not your mistake. This is the 'stinking thinking' of our society, and we can change it together. Read on... Defying all odds and showing killer instincts, PV Sindhu, Sakshi Malik and Dipa

Free online Tracking of your Income and Expenses

After having interacted with thousands of readers over the last 3 years, we realize that more than 50% of us do not know how to calculate our average monthly income and a whopping 90% of us grossly underestimate our monthly expenses. So here you go... With the recent launch of the 2nd edition of the bestselling book (From the Rat Race to Financial Freedom), we also launched this online

Whats there in the all new 2nd edition of "From the Rat Race to Financial Freedom"

After more than 3 years of launching our 1st edition, the enormous wisdom gained over these 3 years of interaction with freedom seekers from all aspects of life, culminated in the 2nd edition of your best-selling book 'From the Rat Race to Financial Freedom'... Read on to find what wisdom is woven in this 2nd edition which is already hitting the top selling charts... The Financial Freedom

7 Self Tested Strategies to Overcome Jealousy

Even if you think you can hide your jealousy towards someone, still you ought to learn to deal with it. Because it is never about the other person, it is always about your well being. We go though some of the strategies that have helped me overcome this vice to a significant extent...Read on.. What is Jealousy? Without getting into any complicated language or jargon, I define Jealousy as a

Non-Convertible Debentures Vs Corporate FDs

The Bank FD interest rates have fallen off late. With the government pegging the inflation target to 4%, they are likely to fall further. At this point, it does make sense to look at other options which are of similar nature as FDs ie Corporate FDs and NCDs (Non Convertible Debentures)...Read on... Unlike western countries, in India, investment in non-convertible debentures or bonds by

Introducing our Tree Plantation NGO "Kalpavriksha"

As they say, Money is not an end by itself but a means to achieve the end. And that's exactly what it is proving to be. My Financial Freedom was not an end in itself, but became a means for me to launch my long cherished dream - an organization with a commitment to plant a million trees, and hence we are launching 'Kalpavriksha'.... Read on.. I have been a lover of green ever since my

14 Winning Smashes from the book 'Playing to Win' by Saina Nehwal

"Playing to Win"by Saina Nehwal is a journey from her childhood to schooling to playing and winning the topmost international tournaments across the globe. I, hereby, list down my Top 14 learnings from this awesome book. These learnings are worded and appended in a way that makes it easier for most of us to understand and absorb. So, here we go with our 14 winning smashes from this book

Naresh, the lucky guy : A Dream On Story

Naga Naresh Karutura has just passed out of IIT Madras in Computer Science and has joined Google in Bangalore. But why am I telling you this? What is so special about this 21 year old? Nothing, except that his parents are illiterate, he has no legs and moves around in his powered wheel chair...Read on.. What separates Naresh from all children his age is his positive attitude and hard

VIPs perform better than SIPs for Mutual Funds

The advantages of Systematic Investment plan (SIP) are there for all to see. In addition to streamlining your regular investments, SIPs also help to reduce the average cost of holding. But Value Averaging Investment Plans (VIPs) go one step further, and in a volatile market, has the potential to give you 2-3% higher returns than SIPs. And don't ask me the impact of this additional 2-3%,