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Need to Invest1

Money needs to be invested to cover the cost of Inflation. This opens us to the Stock Markets, learn about basics of investing in this module2

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Investing money is necessary to survive the increasing cost of living.

1.1 Why should one Invest2?

Before we address the above question, let us understand what would happen if one choose not to invest. Let us assume you earn Rs.50,000/- per month and you spend Rs.30,000/-towards your cost of living which includes housing, food, transport, shopping, medical etc. The balance of Rs.20,000/- is your monthly surplus. For the sake of simplicity, let us just ignore the effect of personal income tax in this discussion.

To drive the point across, let us make few simple assumptions...

The employer is kind enough to give you a 10% salary hike every year

1.2 Where to invest?

Before we address the above question, let us understand what would happen if one choose not to invest. Let us assume you earn Rs.50,000/- per month and you spend Rs.30,000/-towards your cost of living which includes housing, food, transport, shopping, medical etc. The balance of Rs.20,000/- is your monthly surplus. For the sake of simplicity, let us just ignore the effect of personal income tax in this discussion.

To drive the point across, let us make few simple assumptions...

The employer is kind enough to give you a 10% salary hike every year

Fixed Income Instruments

These are investable instruments with very limited risk to the principle and the return is paid as an interest to the investor based on the particular fixed income instrument. The interest paid, could be quarterly, semi-annual or

Equity

These are investable instruments with very limited risk to the principle and the return is paid as an interest to the investor based on the particular fixed income instrument. The interest paid, could be quarterly, semi-annual or annual intervals. At the end of the

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