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Many of us felt it was doing financial planning, but the facts show that at the time funds were needed was not sufficient.

The main cause is:

* Not counting the number of funds in the future (Future Value)
* Does not specify the investment period
* Want to reach big profits with no basis of accurate
* Does not set a minimum growth target
* One of choosing an investment instrument.

In addition, many of us do not have the sum assured is fair from a Life Insurance when we die, while children and spouse (wife or husband) is still a cost.

Without Design Financial Planning then someone has the potential to make speculation rather than investment.

Most of us the possibility of credit card users. Indeed, in addition to facilitate shopping, using credit cards can also help us to effectively borrow money for a month without interest, if we are disciplined in paying bills. Conversely, if we do not discipline, interest charges of credit card or a penalty of late payment can easily throttle your finances.

To prevent that happening, presumably you can imbibe a number of key points follows:

1. Discipline in the use of: credit cards is not the extra money. All expenditures should we pay the next month if we want to remain free from the burden of interest. Therefore, use of credit cards that have been budgeted for expenditure only, which we have the ability to immediately pay it off.

2. Do not be tempted campaign: One appeal of using a credit card is seabreg promotional offer. However, do not let this campaign encourages you to shop outside needs, regardless of discounts offered. Take advantage of promotions to shop according to your needs and budget.

3. Pay off the entire bill: Interest credit cards are one of the highest interest in your credit history. Imagine, by 3%/month interest only, interest rate every year was 36%, not taking into account interest expense of flowering again. If we do not get used to pay off the entire bill, we can get stuck in? ~ Entrapment interest that are difficult to be released.

4. Note the related charges of credit card: Remember, the use of credit cards also have loads that previously may not be aware, for example, stamp duty and transfer fees. As far as possible minimize these costs by using one credit card only and from the bank where you have the savings to eliminate the transfer fee. Also, always remember the due date because of late payment charges are also pretty good. If you are a lazy way to the bank, set up so that you can pay via auto debit or via the internet. Also, use reward points to pay annual fee credit card.

5. When you already owe, reduce interest charges immediately. You can try to reduce the interest burden arising out quickly. Many credit card providers that offer balance transfers with 0% interest for the first few months. Take advantage of this offer, especially if other similar conditions (with no annual fee or annual fee equal). In addition, the burden of paying off the principal as soon as possible, try to limit your ability. Do not ever make the minimum payment if you do not want to be a servant of your creditors.

Not hard, was it? Actually no, if you want a little discipline. I am reminded of an anecdote that says that? ~ One of the differences between adults and children is if he pays his credit card bills on time or not, whether the whole amount or just the minimum repayments’. So, grow up with your credit card! Use the smart!

MANY people believe intelligence is a gift of God. However, Thomas Edison, the inventor of light bulb, another opinion. According to him, genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent hard work.

The point is that talent or inspiration only contribute one percent of the intelligence, while the other 99 percent is due to hard work. Likewise, financial intelligence. You need to hone the financial logic to achieve it and can not rely solely on IQ alone, no matter how high.

What are the criteria of financial intelligence? People who are smart are those who are financially smart as cash deficit or the borrower (debtor) in the face of banks as well as cunning as a cash surplus (investors).

Its size is to get an effective interest rate or yield on the most profitable, ceteris paribus. Financial savvy will be able to assess whether the fair-and plus-minus any banking or insurance products or investments offered. Therefore, they are not easily tricked or trapped in a bogus investment money game.

How true that we can be rich? Money has always been a common problem. Sometimes, funding is needed each month at times greater than income. So, how can we be rich if we’re just a little money?

Obviously with time, patience that never end and sacrifice. But the sacrifice? Everyone knows to do anything in life requires sacrifice. Fear and doubt lose make our job halting.

No one immediately when the lips pronounce the word rich richer. Unless we are descendants of the billionaires. Since young, practice self-discipline, and hold a dream, so we have a purpose in this life. How way to go? Able to save, invest, or start petty trading.

Smoke
Instead of burning money without results, is not it better allocated to savings. The problem becomes most difficult habit to change. It takes time and self-awareness to replace cigarettes with something more healthy and useful for the body and our life.

Bill
Claims of what we often get? How many credit cards that we have? Double-check the condition of our finances, paying off all debts that do not need and use credit cards with fair and smart. Do not be fooled by the ease offered by credit card, because beneath it all, there is a high interest rate for each transaction.

Hobbies Eating in Restaurants & Watching Movies
Cook their own meals at home will save more money, of course tanoa plus tax services we can find in restaurants or cafes. Also tighten the belt by changing the viewing habits of at least once a week to once a month.

Electronics
Excessive use of electricity will make our bills every month getting bigger. Make savings by changing habits of our lives before. Save water, also nyalakanlah lights only as needed only.

Investment
Spend whatever money we have to get more profit every month. Found money can be saved to increase the amount of savings in the bank. That way, the financial target each year could be achieved.

Reasons to be extravagant

Why do people wasteful? People wasteful because it thinks that the money exists or will exist later. So how does he not so wasteful? Make that money does not exist! By the way, so the money came in, immediately drawn to investment and savings.

Second, because he did not know that the future will need the money in large quantities. Cost of education for children each year go up, as well as other costs. When we realize how high the costs in the future, definitely would not dare wasteful.

Well look at it, it’s good really wise words embedded in managing family finances. Yes we have poured money wisely, because not only waste dumped in place, the money must be spent in place. Appropriate portions!

There are two important things to do for investors who want to invest long term. Moreover, looking at the current market conditions are not stable.

The first is to collect shares when prices are low. If not sure, collect little by little.

Second, make sure when going to buy stock. In terms of these companies make sure their assets clearly and corporate earnings are also clear. And that is not less important, the company will not shut down in the near future.

Make sure when buying, look at the condition of the company is very important. Because of that we will buy not just pieces of paper stock. What will we buy is his company.

THERE are several things to consider relates to whether or not to hand over the management of property to another party. Let’s say if customers have enough time or knowledge to develop the property.

When you have both of these may be the answer is no need to hand over financial management to other parties. But if the answer is no, it’s good thinking to deliver wealth management to another party. At least two agencies that offer wealth management services or financial management, ie, banking or investment management firm.

Banking and investment management firm has its advantages and disadvantages. Everything passed away to the investment objectives of investors. For those who have moderate returnkonservatif target is a good idea to entrust the financial management of banks, while the moderate progressive to the investment management firm.

In managing the financial, banking likely will precede its product as an option to invest. Among these are savings deposits, time deposits. Only then directed to other investment products which have a long term cooperation. Of course it makes returnyang obtained investors tend to be conservative moderate. Fund managers tend to be more focused on fund management. So that more investment is directed to the placement of instruments that have a high enough return.

Aspects of financial planning is the accumulation of wealth (investments), wealth protection, and distribution of wealth (inheritance). If banks or investment managers offering wealth management services covering all aspects, it is one feature of wealth management services provided is sufficient. Because maybe a bank or financial institution has a big name but is not competent and has extensive experience in managing wealth.

Banking apparently had no trouble making this happen. With its vast network, easily holding banks insurance companies, multi-finance, and investment managers to work together to market their nonbank products and create a hybrid product, which is a mixture of traditional products with a bank or capital markets insurance product.

Do you know what is Long Term Care Insurance? Long Term Care Insurance is around a person’s health insurance to receive treatment either at home or at the facility when he needed help with activities of daily living. The need for the days of old age security, makes people start thinking about the importance of this insurance for them. But the need for insurance is not limited to parents only. We will never know when an accident or illness comes to attack you. And then you will feel very confused about who will bear all your expenses are

It must be understood that not all people need Long Term Care Insurance. This is because the financial level of each person who is not the same. But it’s good if you start thinking to get insurance for your life. You do not need to wait for the elderly or sickness in order for you to register yourself on Long term care insurance. You can register yourself to get this insurance while still young. The younger than your preparation for your future will be more mature. You definitely do not want when you are old, you still thinking to bear the cost of your life and for your health.

The last question that frequently appears is how to obtain insurance that suits you. There a lot companies that provide these services both offline and online. Things you need to consider in selecting a suitable company is insurance that guaranteed the company. The second is his experience in the field of long term care insurance. You definitely do not want to pay the charge for later laid to you? So start thinking about your health insurance and care in the future with a long term care insurance.

In conducting our lives very often experience a condition in which things actually happen unplanned. The problem again, it turns out things that are not productive enough to impose our finances in the future.

The simplest example is when we visit shopping centers, stores, etc. as well as electronic center. With the ease of consumer shopping patterns occur much less in our pockets tucked into some credit card that was created by a publisher to do such transactions.

Distinguish between needs and wants

Actually what is meant by needs? The need is something that is needed by humans so as to achieve prosperity, so that if any of these needs are not met then the human would feel prosperous or less prosperous. It could be argued that the requirement is a matter that should be there.

While the wants is something in addition to the expected needs can be met so that these people feel more satisfied. But if the desire is not fulfilled then the real welfare is not reduced.

To distinguish between needs and wants, must be viewed in terms of its function. Sometimes you think desire as a need that must be met. This mindset must be changed, because if you can not distinguish between wants and needs then your logical consequence unusual expenditure items that need to differentiate and unnecessary. Being unable to distinguish it automatically concerned will certainly not be able to control spending, if it lasts kama you will definitely have future financial defist or known as a big wedge of the pole.

The financial management of a business will be different with the management of fixed salary that you usually get each month.

The reason, every business financial management requires a good financial planning and wise and you are forced to be more disciplined in managing your business cash flow.

And most importantly, you must separate the business finance and personal finance.

At least, there are five things to do financial planning on running the business side.

1. Keep the cash flow is always positive.
Try to keep the cash flow is always in a positive position so that further financial planning can be easily done.

2. Prepare an emergency fund.
The existence of an emergency fund is very important for a business to anticipate the things beyond your reach that can not be avoided.

3. Income protection or insurance.
Although you still have a fixed income from your job, this insurance is still needed to anticipate the risk of losing sources of income caused by matters outside estimates, such as death, or accident and sickness.

4. Place of business insurance.
Protection of business premises is required to anticipate things that are not desirable that could threaten your business such as theft, fire, and a riot.

5. Prepare the pension fund.
You have to realize that you can not constantly working. The importance of these pension funds planning to anticipate the physical uncertainty in the future, the high cost of living and a longer life expectation in the future.

Security of a business to be number one, so if there is a disaster of business you run, you will not be too panic and it’s easier to bounce back.

Well, now you are ready to plan your business finances?