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mkeiy
#11 Posted : Monday, November 14, 2016 10:27:55 AM
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target1360 wrote:
Greetings,

i write to seek your opinion.

my nephew(26years old) is in receipt of kes 100k bonus payment from his employer and has several mutually exclusive options on how to utelise the same.

1.Use the funds for roofing his incompleted house/simba in the village.estimated cost about 110k

2. pay Off and cancel his barclays credit card which has a balance of about 95k and has been charging high interest rates.interest per month is about 4.4% compounded!

3. clear his helb loan of about 97k.this will free up the 10k monthly cashflow that has been gouing towards fast tracking repayment.

4.invest the same in expanding a farming operation in the village.

5.save the money in a money market account at sanlam and forget about it

6.take the money to bank and use it as a security for a overdraft.

please advise.



Pay off the Barclay Card even before farting.

Now, where is that accountant to explain number 6 for me, AGAIN?
AlphDoti
#12 Posted : Monday, November 14, 2016 12:07:27 PM
Rank: Elder

Joined: 6/20/2008
Posts: 6,275
Location: Kenya
bennry wrote:
sparkly wrote:
target1360 wrote:
Greetings,

i write to seek your opinion.

my nephew(26years old) is in receipt of kes 100k bonus payment from his employer and has several mutually exclusive options on how to utelise the same.

1.Use the funds for roofing his incompleted house/simba in the village.estimated cost about 110k

2. pay Off and cancel his barclays credit card which has a balance of about 95k and has been charging high interest rates.interest per month is about 4.4% compounded!

3. clear his helb loan of about 97k.this will free up the 10k monthly cashflow that has been gouing towards fast tracking repayment.

4.invest the same in expanding a farming operation in the village.

5.save the money in a money market account at sanlam and forget about it

6.take the money to bank and use it as a security for a overdraft.

please advise.


The Money cycle is SPEND... SAVE ... INVEST.

Spend

There is no use of making money if you cant buy nice things, enjoy good moments.

For this reason i suggest that he should buy himself some good apparel/ gadget and buy his girl friend some jewelry. Budget 30k.

Save

Always a good idea to keep something aside for future investment and contingencies. The money market is a good idea. Budget 30K.

Investment

Investment is about increasing income, growing the basket. If the basket is leaking, its advisable to plug the leaks first. Therefore, reduce the the credit card debt. Budget 40k.

Good Advice

@sparkly, interesting advice. Please explain why he should not go for option 2 straight away?
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