Here's list of 25 questions u can ask yourself to actually know what went wrong in your financial planning. Answers to these might open doors to financial awakening!
Curated from the book “The Millionaire Next Door"
1.Have u ever calculated your NET WORTH?
2.What % of your monthly income do u invest in stocks?
3.Do u live in an upscale neighbourhood with affluent looking neighbours?
4.How often do u go out to upscale diners for eating out?
5. How often do u shop just for fun & not necessity?
6. What is the price of your car as a % of your net worth?
7. Do u drive luxury cars?
8. How much is your house worth as a % of your net worth?
OI is the total number of o/s F&O contracts that have not been settled yet.
OI indicates that contracts have been traded but not yet liquidated by an offsetting trade or exercise.
Some pointers ~
♦️ It indicates how many open positions are there in the market.
♦️ It is useful in understanding the liquidity of the market. Bigger the OI more liquid is the market.
♦️ If u add up all long & short positions, it should be 0 always.
It is the ratio of total expenses incurred by an AMC divided by its total asset under management. It represents per unit expense of an AMC. 2/21
Eg.
If TER of a MF scheme is 2%, it means that 2% of investment corpus (AUM) is utilised by AMC to fund its expenses like operating cost, management fees, advertising costs etc. 3/21
There’s a person who has a respectable corporate job, decent earnings, nice family & some good savings kitty parked in FD which he wants to invest in equities now. But he's lacking in financial knowledge & has no time for market research.
Then there’s a full-time trader. All his working hours are dedicated to equity market research, trading & investing. He daily monitors the market, news flow & has good technical & fundamental know how.
DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO & RETENTION RATIO
The dividend payout ratio (DPR) is the ratio of total amt of dividends paid out to shareholders relative to the net income (earnings after tax & interest) of the company.
It is % of earnings paid to shareholders via dividends.
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Total earnings of a company comprise of 2 parts ~
🔹Dividend payout ratio (the dividend it pays) &
🔹Retention Ratio (the amount it retains for re-investing in the business).
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