A Indian consumer's sense of financial freedom is not apt. This can be attributed to factors like low financial awareness, inadequate investment planning, and a general feeling that more needs to be done. This book improves your financial literacy and investment sense. Arming you to play the investment game well, it helps you to maximize the probability of achieving your cherished financial goals. more specifically, the book: familiarizes you with the world of investments, develops a sound framework for investment decision making, sensitizes you to the cognitive and behavioral traps that impair investment performance, emphasizes the need for quantified investment discipline, discusses the guidelines that matter most from a practical point of view.

Table of Contents:
Table of Contents 1. Take Charge of Your Investments 2. Understand How Various Investment Avenues Compare 3. Know How the Market Functions 4. Acquire Familiarity With Financial Statements 5. Start Saving Early and Save Regularly 6. Specify Your Investment Policy 7. Check Your Irrationality 8. Maintain an Adequate Cash Reserve and an Appropriate Insurance Covers 9. Accord Top Priority to a Residential House 10. Match Your Asset Mix to Your Investment Personality 11. Diversify Adequately 12. Choose Debt Instruments Well 13. Select Mutual Funds Sensibly 14. Rely Mainly on Fundamentals in Buying Stocks 15. Understand and Control Risks 16. Learn from the Great Masters 17. Participate Sparingly in Other Asset Classes 18. Invest in Additional Real Estate 19. Periodically Review and Revise the Portfolio 20. Maximise Your Lifetime Financial Success Appendix A: Interest Rate Tables Appendix B: Learn About the Tax Aspects of Investments Investment-related Websites Select Bibliography