Droplet Wealth

                         Most of us fail to understand the fundamental purpose of life insurance. We are made to believe that insurance is saving or worse in most cases an investment. However, the whole idea of insurance is to cover the  risk of  loss. In simple terms, insurance is a financial backup for the family highly dependent on their breadwinner. To make it even simpler, let me give you an example as to how insurance should be looked at - You buy a two-wheeler or car and get it insured - what happens here? Your car is insured for a specific amount and in case of any loss/damage to your vehicle; the insurer will pay you, post the inspection and only for the quantum of damage . Wonder how would you feel if anybody asks you - "What is the return I will get for the premium I paid on my motor vehicle ". Won't it sound ridiculous?              The more we talk to people...

Read this interesting  article last week and thought of sharing it with all our readers. A client shared this story with us: It started at the grocery store. Every time we were shopping, my older son, then eight years old, would bug me to buy him a certain cereal he’d seen advertised on morning TV. The same thing would happen when we passed a toy store. He’d beg me for highly advertised action figures.  I realized it was time to teach him about how businesses work and decided that the stock market might be a fun way to do that.  We started small. I told him he could buy the stock of any company he wanted—so long as he paid with his allowance or with money received as a gift. I’d match his funds.   Of course, he was drawn to companies he could relate to: computer stocks, Manchester United, and the like. When we ate in a restaurant he liked, he started asking if it had stock, and if so, how we could invest.  Our stock market game not only t...

A lot of us might be thinking about making part payments against our home loans. We suggest you look at the below table of savings before you take any such decisions -  For those not adept with numbers/tables, lets us clarify in simple sentences.  1. If we prepay 1 lac of our home loan at the beginning of each year for 5 years. Our Total "Interest Savings" come to about INR 5 lacs for a period of 15 years. 2. If instead of prepaying the home loan, we choose to invest the same in an equity mutual fund, then a fund returning 12.5% per annum, would help us create a corpus of 20 lacs. 3. If instead of prepaying the home loan, we choose to invest the same in an equity mutual fund, then a fund returning 10% per annum, would help us create a corpus of 15 lacs. Before we complete - here are the few reasons why r ecommend delaying the Pre-Payment of the home loan - 1. The Prepayment can be used to create your retirement corpus. 2. Locking up your savings...

C lick here to read in Tamil We know so many people that have a home loan. How much ever they try to, they still pay a minimum of 40% to 90% of principal as Interest to the lender. We delved about this and wanted to give our readers a plan that helps them reclaim the interest portion.  We have normally noticed that most of the home bought are about 40 lacs. WIth 20% down payment, the loan amount comes to 32 lacs. On a loan taken for 15 years at 8.6%, the EMI works out to be INR 31,700. If the loan is duly completed in 15 years, the total interest paid is 25 lacs. Now we have to do plan to get this 25 lacs back.   But the plan is good only if there is no extra payout that the borrower has to make. So we suggest that you extend the loan tenure to 20 years. This will save you 3,700 per month in EMI. Next, Invest the EMI savings in a good equity fund for 20 years. Let's see what happens now.  As one can see by simply managing one's investme...

There are a set of genuine standard questions shot at us from people whoever we have met so far -  Will my capital be safe? Will I seriously make money? How do you say I will make money if I stay invested for a long period? My money in a fixed deposit or LIC is always safe or at least my capital is protected.   Mutual funds are risky. So... WILL I LOSE ALL MY MONEY? This clearly indicates how fearful people are towards equity-related products. We are so tired of answering them with all the possible answers to ensure that they understand it better. Yet, the fear has not moved away. So we thought of writing a blog with an object of making everyone know what will happen to his or her money and whether MF is risky or not! Point 1 - Never put your money anywhere for a period of 20 to 25 years with the intention of protecting your capital alone.  Point 2 - By doing so, you are forcing your money to lose its value.  Point 3 - You have inve...

You need money to make money. Alternatively, you need a disruptive idea to make money for yourself and others. Not everyone would become an entrepreneur like Steve Jobs, Gates or Zuckerberg and hence let us say one needs money to make money. That is the critical resource more than anything is for those who aspire to retire and follow your passion or live a decent life post retirement. This is the reason why we say make your money work for you the moment you start earning!                 A millennial approached us for investment with an expectation of 15% risk free returns. We said, there is risk associated with it and you should invest quite long time (5 to 7 years) and should be OK to adjust for a year or two in case of any uncertainty. And we asked, do you have any savings? NO. Any loans? YES. End of the conversation the millennial said, will get back. After a month the millennial called us and said I'm not ready to take r...

SURRENDER YOUR CREDIT CARD. Period.  We can go about talking and talking about financial Independence, but if you have not surrendered your credit card, we would still be only talking.  For financial planning and investment related queries, write to us at  dropletadvisory@gmail.com  or call us at  9962399924  /  9551373455 .  

Now, those of you who read the title and thought you already knew this and hence you are right, you are wrong. Those of you who think the title is wrong, you are still wrong. So what is right then? You have come this far, so read on...   We were meeting one of our clients and they were really excited about getting their financial planning in place. With usual questions of what would happen to their money in case the Markets fall among others, the meeting went well. We thought we did a good job of enlightening this couple. Just then the bomb dropped- the bomb being a Question -  "What if I suddenly want to take my money out?"  All the enlightenment down the drain it went...  The first time investors, please note that in case you are investing in markets thinking that you will be rich overnight. Forget it, cos If you were that lucky, You would have been already married to Isha! But you are only as lucky as reading this blog ;)  Below is the check...

                Investing is simple but not easy. Meaning, anyone can step into a broking firm open a demat account and start investing. However, in reality not all those who have a demat account or someone professionally qualified have succeed dramatically in the equities market. If knowledge is the only required criteria then all the chartered accountants & finance professionals would have been millionaires and minting money on their investments.                When asked about investments & knowledge, Warren Buffet candidly replied – “If book knowledge made great investors, then the librarians would be all rich”. Ideally, it is the behavior, which differentiates successful investor from the rest of the world.                               ...

Sagacious - I first read this in a newspaper article. The word stood out and stick on to my "Cockroach Brain" Sagacious Decision - I used this in a mail, I was trolled, readers were awed. Anyways, the word stood out.  Well we happened to come across a Sagacious Investor. Why sagacious? Because he is young yet he has got his financial stuff all sorted out which is very rare to see in today's youth. We thought that what better thing than to get our readers a peep into his thinking and Ideas.  The Chap's name is Pramod. He hails from a middle class family, born and bought up in Hosur, Tamil Nadu. His Father runs a Groceries Store and Mom is house wife. He has elder brother who works with a reputed IT company.  Pramod's Interview follows -  Tell us Pramod - What made you invest in equities?                 I started my career in 2012, I joined a reputed organization right aft...

A IT company, A Paint Company, A Bank and what now? Look around your house, You will find one. Above the Air conditioner that conditions the temperature of your room, near that LED TV, may be next to the refrigerator... That Saucer plate like thing gadget that guards your electrical appliances from the shocks by stabilizing the power supply..  Please guess what I am talking about! Okay, Here is another clue -  Oh yeah! The Stabilizer and today's Wealth Creator is  V-Guard Industries. I myself did not know so much about this company until my Ex-Manager popped up this name. This is his Ex-company. Ex-Manager's Ex-Company, Weird ?! ? Aaargh!   A Look into the history of V-Guard -  Started in 1977, when Kochouseph Chittilappilly set out to build a brand in the Indian electric and electronic goods industry Started with a small manufacturing unit for voltage stabilizers, a capital of Rs.100,000 and two employees the company now has over 5...