Everybody yearns for riches. Indeed, we all look for information on how we can make more money every day. However, we forget that we should learn how to manage the little that we have first before thinking of making more. There are thousands of tips for managing money for businesses and individuals but they can all be condensed into two: focusing on earning more every day and spending less of your money. Indeed, money management boils down to the mathematics of addition and subtraction. Let me explain these two tips briefly.
Concentrating on the activities that multiply your money
It is simple. If you want to have more money, make more of it every day. If you make less or the same amount of money every other day, you don’t expect to improve your financial position in any way. It will actually get worse with time since the rate of inflation is ever growing. Here, I will highlight two investing activities that can make your money multiply while you are asleep.
1. Investing in the stock market.
Investing in the stock exchange earns you money in the form of capital gains and dividends. However, making money out of this trade is easier said than done. While there are a few traders who pocket seven-figure profits trading in the stock market exchange every fiscal period, the majority of traders go home empty-handed after mismanaging their portfolios. The difference between these traders is the application of sound money management tips in portfolio management in the stock exchange. Precisely, you must be able to identify the emerging trends in the stock market and play by them while keeping the overall risk profile of your portfolio as low as possible at the same time. You should also know when to enter and exit the trade.
2. Opening a time deposit account
Put your money in a time deposit account and watch it grow every day. In this type of financial arrangement, you agree to keep your money in a certain bank for a specified period of time. At maturity, you get your initial investment plus the interest accruing to it over the period of the arrangement. Remember that the higher the initial investment and longer the maturity period the higher the rate of return.
Cutting down on your expenses
After you have made your money, don’t spend it extravagantly otherwise you will be back to square one. You can’t have your cake and eat it. Therefore, make every transaction worth the expense by following these two guidelines.
1. Never assume you can afford anything
As a rule of thumb, you can’t afford anything until you have budgeted for it. This means that impulse buying should not exist in your vocabulary. Always plan how you will spend your money. Come up with a budget and stick to it. Don’t forget to budget for savings and investments.
2. Don’t spend your money on anything that adds no value to your life
Never spend your money for the sake of it even if you think you have everything you need. Money is never enough. Therefore, don’t buy expensive items just to show people that you can afford them. Instead, spend your money only on the expenses that improve your standards of living and the value of your investment portfolios and assets.
Indeed, if you must manage something, let it be your money. Money management makes the difference between the rich and the poor. At the end of the day, it is not the amount of money you get on payday that matters but how you manage this money however little it may be.
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