Financial Independence, retire early and travel
I am going to be posting tips about blogging, my learnings as I build my blog and outcomes. Today, I will share about my first month blogging experience. This post will include how much traffic to expect in first month, how to get your website indexed by Google, and how to get Social traffic on…
Game of Thrones (GOT) season 8 is here and like all other GOT fans, I am happy and sad at the same moment. Sad, because this will be the last season. Nonetheless, there are important lessons from GOT that are invaluable to a lot of fields in life. Today, let us have a look at…
We would be using this blog to post our month over month expense distribution between different categories. While we have rationalised our expenses in the last 2 years, it is always a good idea to keep tracking expenses. We would then briefly analyse where we are spending the most and which is avoidable. Spend distribution…
Let us have a look at the top 15 countries that save the most. Here savings include not only household savings but also those of the country’s businesses and government. The saving rate considered is a percentage of GDP. The source of the data is The World Bank and TheGlobalEconomy.com. List of countries If you…
Do you think Rs. 1 crore is enough to retire early in India or is that number Rs. 10 Crore for you? Before we even figure out how much money do you need to retire early in India, let us look at top 3 items that will help you decide your retirement corpus. The 3…
I was discussing equity investment strategy with my friend the other day. He said while everyone asks people to invest for long term in equity market but he could not understand why long term is best for equity investment. The thought intrigued me and I started to look for data points. This post explains why…
Let us have a look at the different type of mutual funds available in India for you to invest. At a broad level there are three types of mutual funds available in India: Equity funds, Debt funds and Gold Funds. I would not be covering gold funds here as there are enough alternatives provided by…
With a diverse terrain of open spaces, mountains, forests, abundant wildlife and many small towns, Alaska has something for everyone. We decided to do a road trip with out friend rather than the cruise and it was amazing. Below is our 5 day Alaska itinerary. We would also share the following: When to go? What…
You might have heard about the 100 – age rule for investing in equity. The rule says that the percentage allocation to equity should be 100 – age. So, if you are 20 years old, 80% of your investments should be in equity. The idea is that you can take more risk early on in…
A lot of people seek advise on where to invest. I can list 100s of avenues where you can invest but how would you choose? I believe it is much more important to understand where not to invest. To put it simply, don’t invest in something you don’t understand. Remember the cryptocurrency boom a few…