by Raafia Dabir | Dec 23, 2011 | Plan your Finance - Articles
Question: Why do we pay a fee to a lawyer / doctor and most times don’t even ask our agent/broker for his charges? Answer: Lawyer saves & protects you / your interest and a doctor cures you from ailments. Both give personalised and specialised advice. You don’t...
by Raafia Dabir | Dec 23, 2011 | Financial Services
Like we tend to say, Let’s get to the root of a problem and fix it in totality.” The same applies to our investments and Financial Planning. We all want to own the best products in our portfolio but as it turns out the reality is actually far from it. We then hold...
by Raafia Dabir | Dec 23, 2011 | Behavioural Finance
Place your hand on your heart and ask yourself, have you really made money? Are you happy with the way your investments have performed? Was something missing? Could things have been better? The stock markets are down about 25% from the peak levels they touched in...
by Raafia Dabir | Dec 23, 2011 | Financial Planning, Vehicles buying
It’s good to have assets. Yes it’s important to have a communicator or blackberry in work circles. It is nice to have your child learning the piano and nicer to have a piano at home taken on 18% personal loan. It’s nice to be able to replace your old Maruti esteem...
by Raafia Dabir | Dec 23, 2011 | Financial Planning
Do you agree that there is a big difference between a roadside chemist and a doctor? A chemist/medical shop is like a dispensing unit, show them a prescription and they give you the medicine. Can a chemist EVER write a prescription? This is just how significant is the...