Financial advice for 2022 and beyond for Sri Lankans

bonty89

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  • Feb 20, 2009
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    1. If you want something and if it's an absolute necessity, Buy it now ( use credit card installments etc ) . prices will continue to go up and even paying a small interest will be ayu saving than buying later

    2. Your salary will not keep inline with increasing cost of living. So be careful when going into debt. Ensure you have at least 20% head room for your basic survival budget when planning your yearly expenses and long term financial commitments like loans

    3. Invest wisely. Markets may crash so, hedge in assets which are likely to retain value. ( lands are one option but in times of crisis , liquidity of lands will be low)

    4. If you have any spare land , start farming. This will become handy in future. ( even without a financial crisis , healthy homegrown food is a huge advantage )

    5. Think twice before buying fancy things and spending to maintain status. You will need your savings in future.
    2022-2025 will be a challenging time for everybody regardless of policies or who is in power. There is no way of coming out this economic mess without undergoing hardships for 2-3 years. What policies in play will determine whether upcoming hard times are the last we see or its just the beginning of more to come.
     

    NiyamaSinhalaya

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  • Jul 17, 2008
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    1. If you want something and if it's an absolute necessity, Buy it now ( use credit card installments etc ) . prices will continue to go up and even paying a small interest will be ayu saving than buying later

    2. Your salary will not keep inline with increasing cost of living. So be careful when going into debt. Ensure you have at least 20% head room for your basic survival budget when planning your yearly expenses and long term financial commitments like loans

    3. Invest wisely. Markets may crash so, hedge in assets which are likely to retain value. ( lands are one option but in times of crisis , liquidity of lands will be low)

    4. If you have any spare land , start farming. This will become handy in future. ( even without a financial crisis , healthy homegrown food is a huge advantage )

    5. Think twice before buying fancy things and spending to maintain status. You will need your savings in future.
    2022-2025 will be a challenging time for everybody regardless of policies or who is in power. There is no way of coming out this economic mess without undergoing hardships for 2-3 years. What policies in play will determine whether upcoming hard times are the last we see or its just the beginning of more to come.
    1. This is applicable every time/every year
    2. This is also not a new thing, none of the time salaries will increase as per the consumer indexes
    3. This is also not a new thing bro
    4. This is something valuable.
    5. There will be a very high chance that 2022 till October economy play a bad role. But later in the last quarter, it has been predicted big growth. Always it's good to invest in the proper market. You will end up in a big mess if you maintain a credit card with 70% up the balance. The interest rate will increase.

    Most importantly you cant survive with a single income. YOu have to jump out of your comfort zone and do extra stuff.
     

    malakadss

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  • Mar 8, 2009
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    with the increasing living cost, we cant predict anything but must use to live only with essentials... we dont have such friends to give gems or plane to travel