Looking at planning your finances? Go Professional

Posted by Amol Shinde
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Aug 28, 2015
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If you have reached a stage of financial planning, then we are sure you are looking at various investment options to grow your money.Right? So, as a first step, let’s understand that financial planning includes aspects such as: tax planning, asset allocation, estate planning, retirement planning and a comprehensive study of your current worth and liabilities.

Now, that we understand it goes beyond the obvious, we recommend you don’t just follow a friend’s advice or plan your finances based on online success stories. It’s almost like following someone else’s diet plans and crashing badly at it!


Thus, when it comes to investment ideas go professional! Choose to work with a financial planner who can help you put things into perspective. They’ll be able to take stock of your current liabilities, like credit card debt and loans, as well as assets, like property and financial investments. All this will help in assessing your risk profile and to create a financial plan that suits your needs.

If you are still not convinced, then think about how hard you’ve worked to earn your money! Now, you don’t want to be silly about handling it, right? So, work with a planner who will share tips and ideas on how to invest. Here’s a quick look at some of the key benefits offered by planners:

Advisory role: A financial planner can help you find best ways to reduce your outgoing expenditures.

Managing finances: Helping you better manage your debt by offering advice regarding consolidation of loans; a planner can guide you to invest in suitable products in order to grow your capital.

More savings: Having a financial planner translates into higher savings and investments. He/she can use skills such as risk weighting, advise you on P/E ratios of stocks, help you pick mutual funds and give you advice on asset allocation, based on his expertise.

Transactional services: A financial planner can help you execute complicated financial transactions like setting up insurance, trading in securities or even planning your estate.

And, before you pick up the phone to call your planner, here is one last tip: Always stay in the loop. It is your money, and so it’s important for you to keep a check on your money. Make the effort to see and understand how your money is being planned and spent.

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