Life Insurance Pension Plan vs RBI Retail Direct Bond: Which is better?

Many individuals close to retirement are unfamiliar with buying government bonds vis RBI Retail Direct and how it differs from purchasing a life insurance pension plan*. We discuss the essential differences in this article. In this article, a life insurance pension plan refers to an immediate annuity plan, not a deferred one. Always avoid deferred…

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What is the corpus required to retire by 50 if I am 28?

Let us discuss a retirement plan for a 28-year-old who wishes to retire by age 50. These are the following inputs and assumptions used in the retirement calculation. Age 28; Retirement age 50; Life expectancy age 90; Monthly expenses Rs. 40,000; Current corpus is practically zero; Inflation before retirement: 7% and after retirement 6%, Return…

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Elements of a robust retirement portfolio

Can we build a well-diversified retirement portfolio – a retirement basket as PV Subramanyam of subramoney.com would say? Such a portfolio should be robust enough to handle all types of expenses in retirement – everday expenses for a comfortable life, discrenationary expenses to splurge a little from time to time, emergencies, both planned and unexpected…

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