CHAPTER 3

Deep Dive into the Construction Phase

Building a Personal Financial Model

How much do I earn and spend?

I am a salaried employee working in New York

In 2015—I earned $10 lakhs as gross salary

My salary increases by 10 percent—once in three years I get a promotion and my salary increases by 30 percent in that year

I have rented a place in New York

My effective tax rate is 20 percent—I pay tax on my gross salary

Interest rate I get on FD is 8 percent

Interest I pay on my bank loan is 14 percent

What do I have?

I always keep $20,000 with me—The minimum cash I maintain all the time.

I have some investments in the form of fixed deposits.

All my savings in invested in fixed deposits.

I also have a land worth $2 lakhs in my village.

There ...

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