- Payback all your Existing loans (whether its vehicle / Car / Personal / Jewel etc.,) and Ensure you get full salary in hand for your Expenses
- Avoid investing on Electronic Gadgets , Flats , Brand new luxurious Cars etc.,
- Forecast your expenses for 12 months and prepare your budget on the list of necessary expenses ( House Rent, Kids school fees, House expenses like groceries etc.,) and luxurious ones (like Gadgets which are not immediately required).
- Plan to save atleast 30% of your salary on hand apart from your EPF (applicable to Indian employees) and invest them.
- Always prepare risk on your portfolio added primarily if you are investing in Stocks , Mutual Funds , etc., since the ROI is subject to market risks.
- Maximize usage of Tax Exemptions (primarily 80/C) which may help you to skip top Tax bracket (30%) to subsequent ones (10% / 20% slabs)
- Have medical insurance policies handy apart from the ones given in office. It will help you when you are not employed or taken breaks etc.
- Always invest in Gold as part of your portfolio with ETF / Gold Bonds instead of investing in physical gold. With Wastage and Making charges applicable, you lose at-least 20% of the value of gold you buy through this.
- For conservative investors or whoever wants to have a portion of your finance portfolio in Risk free mode, Use PPF ( max 1.5 LPA and for your spouse too carrying to 3 LPA). With 7.1% ( as on Jan 2022 which may increase once Covid-19 settles) Interest rate + 15 years period, your ROI should be around 9.5%-10% with zero Tax. Similarly Term / Time Deposits ( TD) from Post Office gives better Returns than Banks and are Risk free.
- While investing in Stocks , Always do pre-Analysis before investing. Warren Buffet always says a mantra , "I ready to wait for a particular stock for years even to get the price i expect it to come down to."