April 1st, All fools day or Smart investor day?

April 1st marks the beginning of the new financial year. The ‘infamous’ day is also the one when we ought to set clear financial plans for the next one year. We can, of course, choose to celebrate April 1 as “All Fools Day” if we continue to commit the same mistakes that we did in previous years. Instead, we should convert it to a “Smart Investor’s Day” by learning from our financial mistakes. Given below are my confessions as well as resolutions for the new financial year as a retail investor.

Are your finances geared for medical emergencies?

Are your finances geared for medical emergencies? 6

Individuals build a corpus for various purposes like child’s education, buying a house and child’s marriage, among others. However, when it comes to accumulating a corpus for medical emergencies, individuals are not as proactive. With avenues like medical insurance on hand, individuals believe that having a medical insurance will suffice all their medical expenses. However, the reality is far from this.