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If you have exchanged vows recently, you would need to rejig your expenses and savings structure.
NOW that both of you have decided to take the plunge, among the various angles that you should look at, there is one more that both of you should consider jointly: your finances. As you move from the ‘single stage’ to the ‘double income no kids’ stage, it is important to note that your priorities, incomes, expenses and savings will all change significantly. (This article addresses the couple where both are working). There are certain strategic and the tactical changes that you should consider and prepare for.
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SHIFTING political sands in America and Europe, especially after the 9/11 terror attack and concerns of a probable slowdown in developed economies are encouraging Islamic investors to turn their focus into growth economies like India and China.
Although there has always been talk of Islamic investors shifting their investment focus to emerging economies, the real trend of investing in India caught up in 2007. If one goes by numbers, the first real ‘all-Islamic’ finance deal materialised in October 2006 when Bahrain-based Gulf Finance House and the Maharashtra government joined hands to take up the Energy City India project. Gulf Finance House promised to invest close to $2,000 million for the project. Since then, there has been four major Islamic private equity investments in India — all in 2007. |
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Many entrepreneurs are recognising the benefits of the traditional method of borrowing — mortgaging property,
WHEN Nishant Sheth, a textile entrepreneur, was contemplating borrowing funds to expand his business, the first option that came to his mind was applying for a personal loan. But he thought over this and had almost approached a bank, when his father asked him to reconsider. His father suggested mortgaging the house where Nishant lived, pointing out that a loan against property would work out to be cheaper than a personal loan. Nishant saw merit in his father’s words and decided to approach the bank for a loan against his property. |
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SOMEBODY once said suicide is when man tells God, “You can’t fire me. I quit.” As tragic tales of lost personal savings in the stock market crash erupted like blisters, law keepers quickly moved to watch out for instances of self-killing impulse, even as hospitals braced for cases of heart attack, hypertension and other traumatic outcomes typical of cricket losses and Sensex plunges.
Happily, there was no confirmed case of suicide or shock-induced deaths in the biggest-ever fall for Indian equity markets, but officials were taking no chance because lesser corrections have taken their human toll. “We are expecting patients to come in the next three to four days,” said Dr Brian Pinto, chief cardiologist at the Holy Family Hospital and Heart Institute Bandra, and interventional cardiologist attached to Nanavati Hospital. “We have been messaging our patients to remind them to take their medication,” he said. |
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