{"id":7685,"date":"2015-06-22T13:34:54","date_gmt":"2015-06-22T08:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.fundsindia.com\/blog\/?p=7685"},"modified":"2020-02-13T12:22:24","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T06:52:24","slug":"savings-investments-and-insurance-three-different-animals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fundsindia.com\/blog\/personal-finance\/savings-investments-and-insurance-three-different-animals\/7685","title":{"rendered":"Savings, Investments and Insurance \u2013 Three Different Animals"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"confused_fi\"<\/a>Does the title surprise you? Then it\u2019s mainly because you have been using these three terms interchangeably, without knowing the actual difference between them. Hopefully, at the end of this article, you\u2019ll realise how different these three animals are from each other.<\/p>\n

To start with, let\u2019s look at the following scenarios.<\/p>\n

Scenario 1: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Nitesh is extremely happy. At the behest of his father, he \u2018invested\u2019 Rs. 30,000 in a life insurance policy. Apart from a coverage of Rs. 5 lakh, this policy also gave him tax benefits on the premiums that he was paying.<\/em><\/p>\n

Now, what is wrong in the above scenario?<\/p>\n

The answer is that we never invest<\/em><\/strong> in insurance. We always buy<\/em><\/strong> insurance.<\/p>\n

Open<\/span> a FREE Account Now! <\/span><\/a><\/div>\n

The real purpose of life insurance is to help secure your dependents financially in case of your death. Theoretically, it has nothing to do with investing. Investing is done to achieve long term goals like a retirement corpus, your child\u2019s higher education, and so on, that benefit both you and your family.<\/p>\n

Now in India, there are many products which combine insurance with investments like an endowment policy, or money-back plans. Since such products are quite remunerative for agents, these are pushed aggressively and hence, they have become extremely popular.<\/p>\n

Such products tend to be more expensive than simple term insurance plans, which provide higher coverage at cheaper prices. A major chunk of premiums in these products is used to build corpus, and this is given to the insured person at the end of the policy term (before death). This amount is only a fraction of what could have been accumulated had it been invested elsewhere (like in mutual funds<\/a>). As for insurance, a cheaper term plan would have provided a larger cover.<\/p>\n

Scenario 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n

In 2010, Chandan decided that he would buy a car in three years without taking a loan. At that time, the cost of the car was Rs. 7.5 lakh. So, taking inflation into account, he calculated that he would need Rs. 9 lakh in 2013 to buy the same car.<\/em><\/p>\n

Now, a typical Recurring Deposit (RD) (paying 8.25 per cent) of Rs. 22,000 every month would have accumulated Rs. 9 lakh in three years. But on the advice of his stock-expert friend, he decided to invest in the stock markets through a Systematic Investment Plan (SIP) of Rs. 22,000. Chandan and his friend assumed that stocks always give better returns than RDs.<\/em><\/p>\n

But unfortunately, due to the bearish markets in 2013, the value of Chandan\u2019s investment became Rs. 6.9 lakh – even lesser than his total investment of Rs. 7.9 lakh (36 x Rs. 22,000)! As a result, he couldn\u2019t afford to buy his dream car at the end of three years.<\/p>\n

What mistake did Chandan make?<\/p>\n

The answer lies in the philosophy: Savings is for the short term. Investing is for the long term.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chandan tried to invest for the short term, i.e. three years (anything less than five years is short term). So, with such a short-time horizon, the ideal choice would have been to save using safer options like RDs.<\/p>\n

Now, saving and investing are two related but independent activities.<\/p>\n

Savings are to be made for the short term because it is the process of putting aside money in extremely safe products which might offer very low returns, but seek to keep your capital intact.<\/p>\n

Open<\/span> a FREE Account Now! <\/span><\/a><\/div>\n

Investing is for the long term as it is the process of putting away money in products which have the potential to earn more than what can be achieved through savings, but at higher risks. If invested properly with adequate diversification, even these risks can be greatly reduced.<\/p>\n

To conclude, here are two simple rules to live by:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Never combine INSURANCE with INVESTMENT.<\/li>\n
  2. For short-term goals, you need to SAVE. For long-term goals, you need to INVEST.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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