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If you want to keep up on the latest in the world of finance there are many more options than going out each day and vigorously scouting the information and news yourself.
The major search engines each offer their own finance pages, complete with business and personal finance news, advice and contacts. You can also set up RSS feeds that deliver keyword-specific finance news straight to your email address or feed reading device each day.
Lets take a look at what one of the major search engines offers on its finance home page. Whats great about these search engine options is that, because they also offer a free profile and email service, you can set up your own personalized finance page and customize it so that the information delivered to your system each day is exactly what you want to see most.
The four major tabs on the top of this finance home page are Investing, News and Opinion, Personal Finance and My Portfolios. The home page we first land one is the Weekend Edition of the sites finance section, and it includes articles about new markets for luxury homes, the best places to retire, special travel perks available to road warriors, major art auctions and galleries and the personal wealth they can bring, and a feature story about a prime and historic piece of Hollywood property that is up for sale.
Each day this finance page will also show you the latest stock prices and the trends of the major markets. Personal finance news includes columns by experts that address subjects such as the ten highest priced U.S. housing markets, the ten best stocks to buy, and tips on taxes, bill paying and retirement planning.
When you head to the investing tab from this finance home page you can delve more deeply into the various savings resources, such as stocks, bonds, utilities, commodities, real estate, and so forth, and the best ways to save for things like college education including the industries most likely to stand the financial test of time.
From the pull down menus of the News and Opinion finance tab you can explore in more depth issues and topics such as small business help, investment ideas, and providers such as angel firms and venture capitalists.
The personal finance tab is full of advice on career and workplace issues, banking and investing options, family and home life issues such as work/ life balance and trailing spouse problems, the various training and education resources and costs, buying and making money in real estate and so forth.
When you head from the finance home page to the last tab, my portfolio, you get the opportunity to make this handy search engine feature your very own. You can indicate which stocks youd like to be daily displayed from your finance home page, which finance blogs youd like to read each day or week, and which keyword searches youd like the finance algorithms of the search engine to seek out for you. You can search on your own, download the spreadsheet of todays stock info or link to your favorite financial news items.
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“I know at last what distinguishes man from animal: financial worries” Romain Rolland (French author 1866 – 1944)
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Listen to man on the street: you will realize the thread of the vicious reality that can be attached with the above quote. The concerns are not only about NOT having money but there are many who are expressing concerns about having more money than they can actually manage.
Speak to Rajeev, passed out of a prestigious B-school and landed a decent job in a Pharma major. One year later, and he was paying more interest on his credit card debt than his take home salary.
For Ravi and Sheetal, a working couple in their early forties, the situation is no better. Their expense on child education is sky-rocketing and so are their upwardly mobile life-style needs. The biggest hit of-course is their savings and they are not sure about how they will fund the college education. For Mr. Sen (55 years) Sr. Executive of a PSU, it is bitter reality. He has diligently saved money in his Bank Fixed Deposits and Employee Provident Fund for the last 30 years. But after purchasing the house he plans to and getting his daughter married, what will remain of the corpus does not seem to be enough to see him through his retirement years and take care of the medical needs of his ailing wife. All of them and millions around us need a professional, who can help them to identify and achieve personal milestones by efficiently managing their resources. The professional we are talking about is termed as Financial Planner, a new phenomenon in Indian context, while a totally matured profession in developed countries.
What does a career in Financial Planning mean? A Financial Planner offers his Financial Planning services, which ranges from budgeting and debt management; to stocks, bonds, and annuities; to insurance, employee benefits, and tax planning; to retirement and estate planning and is primarily directed for individuals. A career in Financial Planning ensures that you are part of one of India’s fastest growing profession in the financial services verticals. A professional enjoys the following in his job environment: Job satisfaction Career Enhancement opportunities Challenges Personal & Professional growth A great earning potential A way to help others fulfill their dreams As a Financial Planner, you are not just working with numbers, you are working with people, and few of them may remain with you from the moment they start work till they retire. You have find out their hopes and goals and then create strategies to help them achieve their goals by: Providing holistic approach to Financial Planning Having an extensive knowledge of financial markets Understanding trends and identifying potential risks Having a global outlook
Learning it from the Horses Mouth: What the Financial Services Industry is talking about Financial Planning? Recently IMS-Proschool organized a discussion titled “Powering the Future Financial Planners” at ITC Sheraton, Mumbai to bring to career aspirants in Financial Planning, about what the Industry is actually thinking about the profession. A number of industry stalwarts, which include Mr. A.K Purwar, Ex-Chairman – SBI, Mr. Shailesh Haribhakti – Chairman, Financial Planning Standards Board India (FPSB I), Mr. C. Jayram – CEO, Kotak Bank, Mr. Ajay Bagga – CEO –Lotus India Mutual Fund among others participated in the discussion and shared their thoughts. The whole discussion was anchored by eminent financial journalist Mr. Debasish Basu and was aired pan India by CNBC TV.
What the panel discussed was a major revelation. There is huge gap between projected demand and actual supply of Financial Planners in India. Infact the Indian Financial Services Industry presently needs around 50000 such professionals immediately
while there are only around 250 such certified professionals (CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNERS) available, while around 7000 candidates are at different levels of completion of the program. Interestingly there are around 1.50 lakh qualified professionals globally present in across 20 + countries. Further it came out in the discussion that the regulatory authorities in India are considering the proposal to make the Certification mandatory in Financial Advisor arena. The major Certification body FPSB India, which is floated by 33 high powered Financial Services companies have passed a unanimous board resolution to give Certified Financial Planners, special preference for employment opportunity. Proactive organization like Kotak Bank are voluntarily making it mandatory for it’s private bankers to be certified in Financial Planning.
Numbers often speak more than words The Indian economy is growing at a breath-taking speed of 15.9% p.a. compared to global average of 5.2% during 2000 to 2005. In absolute numbers the economy has grown from US $ 268 billion in 2000 to US $ 559 billion in 2005. The incremental wealth is reflected in the number of home-grown millionaires (US $ terms) in India, which presently stands around 83000 and is still growing at a rate of 15% every year. To sustain the growth, we need qualified Financial Planners who will not only help people to manage and grow their money but also play a major role in allocating household surpluses to fuel the growth.
Is a career in financial planning right for me? Ask yourself these key questions and see if you are suited to a career in Financial Planning:
Are you a good listener?
Do you enjoy meeting and interacting with all kinds of people?
Would you consider yourself detail orientated, and well organized?
Are you comfortable using a calculator to perform math functions?
Are you self-motivated and ambitious?
Do you invest or enjoy following the financially news?
If you answered “yes” to at least three of these questions, getting into Financial planning could be a smart career move. It is easy to see that a career in Financial Planning can be as complex or simple as you wish. Knowledge is the variable you can control. The more you learn about Financial Planning the more valuable you will be in the market.
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