Plant lovers know that growth is not always visible. Plants with strong roots grow better. Roots are an example of invisible growth. You will also find examples of this kind of growth in other walks of life. Learning a language includes periods of invisible learning. Diet and exercise deliver benefits that are gradual and not […]
“Success is the product of daily habits – not once in a lifetime transformation” This is my favorite quote from an awesome book that I just completed reading called ‘Atomic Habits’ by James Clear. While this book gives us many valuable and deep insights about how small habits formulated can give tremendous results, I wish […]
Canara Robeco Equity Hybrid fund can invest in equity and debt in 75:25 proportion. It brings the best of equity and debt asset class. The equity portion helps to get returns, and the debt portion provides a cushion. An aggressive hybrid category is less risky than a pure equity fund but can potentially offer equity […]
Data suggests that over 50% of HNIs are unable to remain invested for even two years. This factoid made me think about something I wrote a few months back on Do Nothing Investing. I remembered a couple of our client stories – build on this philosophy, or they never bother to change the allocation. Do […]
How much wealth you should leave for your children? And Why?
On the occasion of Women’s Day, we wondered, how do the women at Gaining Ground feel about money? Here’s what we discovered. Kshitija Shete – Co-founder, Gaining Ground ‘Money doesn’t grow on trees. ‘Money has to be in circulation for it to grow more.” As an only daughter of a businessman, I grew up with […]
Mutual funds are a simple, systematic, proven way to create wealth. Investing, tracking and garnering returns are most accessible in Mutual funds. Mutual funds are an efficient, regulated system of wealth creation. A mutual fund is a vehicle to invest in. Your money is managed by professionals called Fund Managers. The following image shows the […]
‘Whatever is easy is difficult to do.’ Investing money regularly is one such ‘easy’ thing that’s difficult to do. But if done diligently, it makes creating wealth easy. And the case of Mr S, outlined below, is proof of that. One day, our office had an unexpected visitor. Let’s call him Mr S. He told […]
To begin with, here is a summary of this book in a sentence: Ten tales, in the form of inspiring parables for the modern man, set in the ancient civilisation of Babylon, the historical cradle of finance. The truth is always in front of us in plain sight; we choose to avoid it. We all […]
Way back in primary school is when I first came upon the phrase, ‘Common sense is not common in people.’ Admittedly, it sounds a little trite any time it’s thrown down in a conversation between grown-ups, but, make no mistake, there does exist an undeniable grain of truth in it. It is this grain of […]