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Think Before Taking a Car Loan!

November 25, 2012 / M. Pattabiraman / 10 Comments

Thinking of taking a car loan? Hold it right there! Did you know that the value of a brand new car depreciates by 20% when you drive out of the showroom! Add to this a 15% depreciation in value each year (assuming normal wear and tear) the govt recommends! This implies in the first few…

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Sensex Return Simulator

November 21, 2012 / M. Pattabiraman / Leave a comment

Use this calculator to simulate sensex returns from 1980 onwards. This gives you an idea of how the stock market works. If you average sensex returns over a 15-year or 20-year period you will get somewhere like 10%-15% so staying in equities for a long time is crucial. Howeverwhen you start investing can  affect your…

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XIRR Returns Calculator

November 20, 2012 / M. Pattabiraman / 11 Comments

You can use this calculator to determine the compounded annualized growth rate on your investments like endowment policies, ULIPS, Chit funds or any investments where you have made some payments and received some money either periodically or as a lump sum at the end. You will be surprised how easy it is to calculate this using…

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Flexible Compound Interest Calculator

November 11, 2012 / M. Pattabiraman / 4 Comments

Say you have investment period of 15 years and you want to invest: i)  Rs. 1000 for 3 years @ 10% interest each year ii)  Rs. 5000 for next 5 years @ 8% interest each year iii) Rs. 9000 for next 7 years @ 7% interest each year how much will you accumulate? Find out…

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Monthly Financial Tracker

November 2, 2012 / M. Pattabiraman / 31 Comments

A monthly budget is more than how much is spent on groceries and petrol. Sure, you need to keep track of your total expenses. You also need to keep track of how much you save towards retirement and all your other goals. You also need to check  if your savings are on track year after…

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Retirement Planner For The Middle-Aged Employee

October 11, 2012 / M. Pattabiraman / 1 Comment

Are you close to retirement (~ 10 years or less)? Do not intend to change your job before retirement? Then this calculator would suit you perfectly! Go ahead give it a try. Most retirement calculators are designed for young people. The main aim is to output the monthly investment needed. For a middle-aged person this…

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How Retirement Calculators Work

September 1, 2012 / M. Pattabiraman / 2 Comments

Retirement planning is a complicated financial goal. When you save for a new car, exotic holiday or even for the education of your children, all or most of the accumulated corpus would get spent when the time for the goal arrives. So it is easier to calculate the corpus required for such goals. When it…

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Financial Health Check With Optimized Goal Investor!

August 31, 2012 / M. Pattabiraman / Leave a comment

If you have used my financial health checker, chances are you might be disappointed because the amount you need to save is probably higher than the amount you can save. Stop Worrying !  Thanks to this new goal optimizer, you can now optimize the amount you need  to save by 20-30% (typically)! So doesn’t make…

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Financial Health Check – Standard Version

August 31, 2012 / M. Pattabiraman / 4 Comments

Online financial health checkers usually are based on “personal finance ratios”. read more about them here. There are more useful to the finance professional than to the layman to assess the financial state of an individual. So I made this financial health checker which does not reply in these ratios. In fact you could even…

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Optimize Your Goal Investment Amount

August 31, 2012 / M. Pattabiraman / 12 Comments

All of us have dreams and goals. Unfortunately for most of us the total monthly investment required to achieve these goals is a little too much. The reasons for there are many: we don’t earn enough, we spend a lot, we have a lot of outstanding debt etc. etc. Read this article by Sanjay Dixit…

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