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You Don't Know Your Term But For Sure Your Term is Limited

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           Of course, we want to bring some fascinating information and deliver the same to you every weekend. So that you read it, love it, read it again, get inspired and get ready for a hectic working week ahead. But how much ever polite the Doctor might be, if the medicine is bitter then bitter it shall taste! Alright so what is all this about?  Last week was eventful but in un-wish-able way. We wanted to do this blog but not with the way, we are doing. The week that went by bought some news that made me sit and think about it. More so to reflect that as a blog for our readers.  1. Tuesday Morning I had 7 missed calls from the same number. One of my close friends called me to inform demise of Another Friend's mother. 2. Wednesday afternoon I got a message of a certain acquaintance passing away. This gentleman had some influence in my life, he gave me critical advice to me at difficult times in life, they have he...

How Much Insurance should one Buy ?

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In our previous blog , we gave an example where the assumed gentlemen had taken an Insurance of 1 crore. It is natural that most of would think why such an H U G E amount of insurance? Because most of us think of Insurance as "sum that will be paid to you by LIC on Maturity" and hence think such huge amount is only for ultra-rich people. Through this blog, we would like to clarify on this erroneous thinking. Also, let our readers know how much they should cover themselves with?  The Maths  -  This is how the average financial scorecard of Middle class looks like  - Part A - Sum of all the loans that we have comes to about 50 lacs.  Part B - If we assume that "with no loans" & "an Own house", Rs 25k monthly is fair enough to maintain and run life on good standard of living. If we want this income for the next 20 Years (time taken for your kid to grow and contribute to expenses.), then we need to make a one-time investment of 60 lacs...

Direct Equity Investing

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A lot of us know mutual funds invest in Stock Markets. Stock markets aka  Equities aka   share markets aka companies. So a simple thought that comes to our mind, why not invest in shares by ourselves. The self-realization that we are smart than others props this thought to the next level and we commit. If not this then the greed of becoming Wealthy soon props this thought. If not now, then at some point it will. So you are caught and our job as advisors is to help you escape. Let us caution you - The very purpose of this post is not to Frighten you from Stock Markets but to frighten those who think stock market is a place to become filthy rich over night by investing based on a random tip. Read on. We have for now kept the legends who take personal loans and invest in the stock market away. We are only talking about individuals passionate about investing and want to make serious wealth by Investing in Stock Markets. By serious, we mean a number no less than a few...

1st Step to Path of Financial Independence

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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 .  

Mutual Funds wont make you MONEY! Be Careful

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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...

Rich Dad. Poor Dad

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Disclaimer - This blog has nothing to do with the below book. But it has got everything to do with "Rich Dad & Poor Dad". We all want to be rich but hardly 1% actually make it there. At Droplet our endeavor is to make every person investing with us to be Rich. Because, believe us, becoming rich is not that tough, it's very simple and boring. But most of us blame it on our Parents for not giving us the kind of launchpad (Like inheritance, Degree from Fancy college, things, etc.,) to become rich. Include those of you who say "Avanukku enna, avanga Appa sambachu-vechu irukkaaru..."  Before we proceed to say anything we want to bring to you 2 real stories from our beloved place ie., the Stock Market.  Of course one of the companies is Rich Dad's and Another is Poor Dad's. Below is the Sales that these companies have recorded in the last 10 Years.    As you can see the 1st company had started with huge sales figures and gradually...

The Underwear Millionaire!

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Like every other middle class youth, we too had the dream of becoming rich as early as possible. Not just rich, but filthy rich. We were looking for that Aladdin's magical lamp so that our wishes are fulfilled without overnight. We were desperately looking for this Aladdin lamp for years together to mint money and become filthy rich. Our search ended in late 2009, when we learned about equity markets after half reading about the fascinating success stories of Warren Buffet (WB), Rakesh Jhunjhunwala (RJ) and other stalwarts of stock markets like every other individual, I thought stock market is the only place to make money faster. Invested thousands of rupees without any proper knowledge and was waiting for it to turn into crores. In the initial years (2009 - 2013), We chased penny stocks (stocks that are priced less than 10 or 20), thinking it is the cheapest available ones and will for sure make us filthy rich in couple of years. Back then, We were buying Karuthuri Gol...

Understanding the Share Price - II

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                                          In the earlier blog , we saw that share price of a company is the function of the Profits that the company makes and the no of equity shares it has. Lower Equity shares and higher profits would mean a very high share price (MRF, EIcher Motors) and vice versa.  As simple as it can get.  Now we will see why the share price goes up and down putting its holders on a roller coaster, a ride that not many are adept handling.   As said earlier, If a company is earning 10 per share and an investor is ready to pay 10 times its earnings ( i.e.,) then the share price will work out to be 100. But World and life is not so simple and as are markets. Life, world and markets are all built on hopes. Hope that tomorrow will be better than today, hope that one's view of things will be win over other's view of same thing. Lets look at ho...

The Rule of 15!

                       Nothing gives you more joy than doing you what you love to do. The joy increases many-fold when people follow up on you to do the most lovable thing you do! You feel special. Last week, We missed to publish our blog. That's when we realized that "Silence is louder than noise". This time our silence was returned by noise of our beloved readers asking - " Where is this week's blog? Did you forget to it share with me? " When the noise is made by readers that counts upwards of 10,000, the Love is "heart-deafening", we should tell you. Before I move on, thanks to everyone of the 10,000 readers for following us and supporting our "Droplet" like small venture.  More than this, there are couple of friends who ping us to check whether the blog is up for the week and few go an extra mile by providing unbiased view of the blog, You guys are fantastic!  Whats up for this week then -  Sticking...

Understanding the Share Price

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The Price of 1 share of MRF is Rs 76,650 The Price of 1 Share of Eicher Motors is Rs 27,000 The Price of 1 share of  Maruti Suzuki is Rs 9,300 The Price of  1 share of TVS Srichakra is Rs 3031 The Price of 1 Share of Colgate is Rs 1100  The Price of 1 share of State Bank of India is Rs 260  What does all this mean?  As indicated by Share Price alone  Does it mean that MRF is costly and Maruti is cheaper?  Does this mean that State Bank of India is smaller than Maruti?                          The share price is face of the share market. Share price is the first thing that anybody who comes to stock markets sees first. This person may not know anything about the Stock markets, He -may not know Market Capitalization, may not know Gross Profit Margins, may not know bottom line, may not know top line but he will know the Price of most of these shares.  ...