5 REASONS: WHY WE NEED FINANCIAL PLANNING?

financial planning tips1. To protect ourselves and our families from financial risk

In the life cycle of course there were times the rising and falling levels of life, and can not be denied, wherever our life situations, certainly relate to money. Ups and downs of the financial situation can still be solved with the help of a professional.

2. For the cost of raising children

Every parent will want to provide the best for their children. Therefore, a sizable portion of household budgets in the cost of raising children that can last about 20-25 years before our children can pay for itself.

3. For the purchase of assets, from cars to home

The home is a major asset that should be owned by someone, other than for use as a residence, the house also becomes an asset whose value is increased from time to time. The second asset is a must-have vehicles. A comfortable life of the vehicle is 5 years. So, like, every 5 years we need to replace our vehicles.

4. To be able to enjoy retirement with a comfortable standard of living

Retirement is a time for us to enjoy a break from work. Obviously we want to enjoy a comfortable standard of living. But from where we can get enough money to pay pensions as we want?

5. To finance the purchase of insurance policies

All the assets we already collect is to satisfy all the needs of family life, but imagine if one day an accident, illness or death, so that we can no longer pay for our family. To protect the economic value of someone who is a source of family income is by insurance.

DOLLAR HIGHER, GOLD FUTURES PRICES DECREASING

Gold futures prices fell along with the strengthening U.S. dollar against the euro so eroded the demand for gold as an investment alternative. Gold futures contract for February delivery fell 0.1 percent to 1596.70 per troy ounce (equivalent to 31.1 grams) at 1:59 PM at the Comex in New York on Monday (19/12/2011) local time.

The strengthening U.S. dollar not the euro zone because of the condition is still bad. European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said, a substantial risk to the economy of Europe is still there. The euro also fell 0.5 percent. It will take much time for investors to regain confidence in gold as a protector of the crisis, given the magnitude of shocks in recent years.

Nevertheless, Andrey Kryuchenkov, an analyst at VTB Capital in London, Monday, remained optimistic gold will perform well in the long run. “Gold will suffer from the recent turmoil because of the liquidity of U.S. dollars, but in the long run gold will remain solid,” said Kryuchenkov.

According to him, an accommodative monetary policy in the world will continue to secure the role of gold as an inflation protector.

BEST INVESTMENT: STOCK AND GOLD

.Investment provides many opportunities for investors to develop the capital into high-value products and grow more significantly. There are many ways to protect assets and investment capital to grow and valued in accordance with expectations. In addition to avoiding loss of principal (capital preservation), the main consideration is to beat inflation investing. Because inflation eroded the purchasing power that effectively reduces prosperity. Based on these two considerations, both gold and stocks proven to beat inflation.

Over the past five years, can balance out the performance of gold stocks. It is strongly associated excess liquidity that will not only lead to dollar weakness and inflation as the traditional factors that drive the price of gold. However, the advantages it has lowered interest rates which led gold storage costs dropped dramatically.

Over the past five years, can balance out the performance of gold stocks. It is strongly associated excess liquidity that will not only lead to dollar weakness and inflation as the traditional factors that drive the price of gold. However, the advantages it has lowered interest rates which led gold storage costs dropped dramatically.

We expect the Fed will be more careful poured liquidity due to already high growth of money supply. Meanwhile, liquidity needs for re-financing the debt would create an international interest rates move up.