Creating Breakthrough Financial Resolutions
New year, new spirit is certainly a new financial resolution. But before we make a new resolution, it’s good we have to check again what we’ve done in the year 2011 yesterday, whether good or bad and what improvements we can do for the future.
Which should always be done and checked back in 2011 is whether yesterday’s make or add new debt? Especially credit card debt. Because back again, as long as the debt is productive does not matter much, unless we are overwhelmed to pay the mortgage. But if consumer debt such as credit card debt, must be repaid. Useless we are tired Nambung with 2-3% interest or deposit account earning 6% per annum or the mutual fund investment with the potential investment returns of between 10% -25% per year, if we still have to pay our credit card interest rate of 4% per month aka 48% per year. Return 25% per year is nothing compared to a 48% interest per year.
Do not forget to check our emergency fund is used or not. If some already in use to emergencies in the year 2011 yesterday, we also have to repay the automatic return of the emergency fund in order to obtain nominal should conform to our financial needs.
Always make sure also that our insurance is in good condition and the premium paid. There are several types of insurance that we must have, among others, asset insurance, health insurance and life insurance. Insurance-related assets that we have assets such as houses and vehicles. In the current circumstances where the rain season and could be quite a bit of rain almost every day, there is a risk of flooding. Make sure our home insurance is covered for flood risk. With lots of rain and flooding will also arrive diseases usually associated with abdominal disease. Check back if the insurance of the office is sufficient or if additional insurance is not quite sure you are well enough to cover if you or a family member until there is a need to be hospitalized. So it is with life insurance needs to be calculated each year.
Next thing to check is our investment in the year 2011 yesterday. Due to the unstable conditions in Europe in the year 2011, financial markets and the stock down quite a lot. Many things which we can make a lesson of yesterday condition. We must check the ingredients for the evaluation is whether when the stock goes down, our investments are well diversified too? Is there an investment product that can withstand drop us yesterday? Examples of financial products that increase the precious metal gold.
One that is important is we check the long-term financial goals. Why is that? Because of the long-term goal is still the cost will be expensive because of inflation, for example pension funds. The advantage to prepare long-term financial goals is because the investment is still a long time, then the investments made from now is not too large.
No less important is to always update wills and estate planning. Many financial planners are only discussing the Cash Flow, Debt, Financial Goals, etc. but never give the correct solution inheritance planning. In fact one of the most important thing in taking care of financial planning is good and right is to make planning inheritance and wills. By saving and investing regularly every month, along with the increase in assets or debts then it helps us to start thinking about how the legal responsibilities and division of property if we had not later. Whether our children are old enough and competent in the law so that it can receive the estate? If the law does not yet competent will have an appointed guardian? Are we comfortable with the caregiver? If not, this means that in the year 2012 it is time to prepare your estate plan and make a will.
Finally, it never hurts to do is create additional dicicilan our monthly debt. Remember the more we pay the mortgage is greater than expected, the smaller our principal debt. Calculation of interest (effective) will calculate the amount of interest from the principal balance of the remaining debt. Automatic slowly and a little amount of interest you will pay less.
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