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Financial Planning

Financial planning provides us with a holistic view of long term financial needs and helps us chart strategy to meet them effectively. Every individual has certain financial needs be it personal or business related; hence proper financial planning becomes crucial. A financial plan broadly involves two things: identifying your current financial status and your future needs and preparing a strategy to achieve them. Only planning is not sufficient, it also has to be monitored at regular intervals to take up any corrective measures if needed. The financial planning process has six major steps. The first step is goal setting for the client in terms of where to invest finances. Next step includes gathering all the relevant financial information of the client. Once the information has been gathered it has to be analyzed accurately to determine the client’s present situation and his future needs. The next important step is constructing the road map to achieve the client’s financial goals. Implementing the plan and allocating the resources follows. The last steps to monitor the plan at regular intervals so that accurate and corrective measures could be taken. The goals and strategies can be revised in line with reviews.