Saving Habit and Mutual Fund SIPs
When I was in Bangalore, I happened to observe with great disappointment many young freshers who joined IT companies for a huge salary starting their earning life on wrong foot. In the first month itself they, by and large, went for Mercedes or Audi cars. As a result, they ended up paying a great portion of their salary as EMI for next 10-15 years. I observed this overwhelming tendency among fresh recruits during the period 2007 – 2013. I don’t know what happened to them in 2020 when the Corona epidemic hit and most of the IT sector employees lost their jobs without any warning. ഈ ബ്ലോഗ് മലയാളത്തിൽ വായിക്കാം I had pointed out to a few of them known to me that instant gratification was something to be cautious with and they should develop a saving habit for future financial freedom. Had the young person of 23 opted for a Maruti Alto instead of the Mercedes/Audi paying ready cash accumulated from the first three months salary, he could have been in a position to invest the money he...