Reader Story: How I turned my life around & charted my own money course
In this reader story edition, Vinay Rai discusses how he got his finances in order and charted his own money course
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This is the archive of all our articles from readers detailing their investment journeys
I achieved financial independence at 35: My journey and lessons
A reader shares her journey to financial freedom. How it changed her life and how the formula for financial independence is simpler than we think!
Continue reading →Reader Journey: “My financial goals are big, but here is why I am not worried!”
“Reader story” is a series where we feature the money management journey of freefincal readers. This week Rakesh Gurbani explains how he got his life in order and is ready to take on his financial goals with confidence. You can access the full archive of all past posts. If you are interested in sharing your story,…
Continue reading →Reader Story: My Mutual Fund Journey
This week on reader story, Shashank Bisen talks about his mutual fund investing journey. Reader story is a series where freefincal readers talk about how they have managed money over the years and how their approach and attitude has changed. You can access the full archive of all past posts. If you are interested in…
Continue reading →We lost sleep after using a retirement calculator! This is how we recovered
Most of us would take an instant liking to those who ask intelligent, logical questions. If they are (much) younger than you, it is also both exhilarating and inspiring at the same time. Sandeep Bondili is one such young earner from the Facebook group, Asan Ideas for Wealth. Impressed by his approach to money management, I…
Continue reading →The Dilemma of a Young Investor fresh out of college!
Happy holi! In this guest post, Pratik Jain discusses the issues and problems a typical young investor fresh out of college faces. You may remember Pratik from his previous post on How to do Online KYC via ETMoney to start investing in Mutual Funds. I am so thrilled that young people less than 25 take an…
Continue reading →An investor’s mid-life crisis: the dilemma of delayed financial gyan
Many 35-40+ investors face a crisis: they realise need for equity in the portfolio but have a huge fixed income corpus. In this guest post, Ananth, a member of FB group, Asan Ideas for Wealth discusses how one can handle this problem. Ananth made this important observation in response to this video: I started investing late,…
Continue reading →How I selected a health insurance policy
In this post, Niten Kapoor discusses how he selected a health insurance policy. In my previous article on health insurance, I had invited readers to compare policies as guest posts. Niten agreed to write about how he compared policies and selected one. This is part of Re-assemble – a series on the basics of money management…
Continue reading →How I transferred my home loan from LICHFL to SBI and saved 12 Lakhs!
In this edition of “reader story”, Ravi Kiran describes his experience of procuring a home loan from LIC Housing Finance (LICHFL) and then transferring it to SBI, thereby saving over Rs. 12 Lakh in interest. UPDATE: MD and CEO of MF Utility, V Ramesh will be joining Ashal and me at the PUNE DIY Investor…
Continue reading →Reader Story: Are you sure you can be a DIY investor?
This is a guest post by Butun Mohapatra. When he posted his experience with a SEBI registered fee-only financial planner at FB group, Asan Ideas for Wealth, Vivek Vishwanathan suggest that it be published here. Butun immediately agreed and turned in a draft in just a few hours! Let us find out what Butun wants us…
Continue reading →Reader Story: Arise, Awake and DIY!
This is a guest post by one of the earliest freefincal readers, Anish Mohan. In 2001, Anish, a profound believer in Swami Vivekananda abandoned his romance for communism and took up a job in the Indian software industry, where he witnessed the good days of post-liberalisation era, punctuated with events of the 2008 global crash. In…
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