What is an Emergency Fund? | How to build it? | Personal Finance for Beginners Ep - 1

Welcome to the first episode of our Personal Finance Series! In this video, we delve into the very first building block of personal finance i.e. emergency funds. Discover what constitutes an emergency fund, its paramount importance in personal financial stability, and why everyone needs one. Karthik Rangappa guides you through a step-by-step process on how to build a robust emergency fund, ensuring you're prepared for life's unexpected curve-balls. Additionally, he sheds light on common mistakes to avoid and highlight key points to remember, setting you on the path to financial resilience. Join us on this journey toward securing your financial future - because being financially prepared is the first step to true financial freedom!
Time Stamps
00:00 Introduction
01:16 Why do we need an Emergency Fund?
03:15 How to build an Emergency Fund?
03:20 Step 1 - Identify the amount you need for emergency fund
04:10 Step 2 - How to accumulate this amount?
04:33 Step 3 - Where to save the emergency corpus?
06:00 Points to remember
7:22 Conclusion
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  • @gags81
    @gags81Ай бұрын

    Blocked 6 months of expenses in FD. As FD renews, putting the interest earned also in the FD to create larger emergency corpus, although bit by bit 😂.

  • @itsjustdinesh
    @itsjustdinesh5 ай бұрын

    This is what iam looking for.. Thank you zerodha, thank you karthik rangappa sir

  • @binoyroy7860
    @binoyroy78605 ай бұрын

    Insightful video on EF. Preferred options are: 1. Savings Account 2. FD 3. Liquid Fund All of them in various different proportions.

  • @lakshmitejas1685

    @lakshmitejas1685

    4 ай бұрын

    Arbitrage fund?

  • @sanjib_paul
    @sanjib_paul5 ай бұрын

    A gentle reminder to the video editor or the motion designer. You forgot to turn on Continuously Rasterize at 2:33 the footage looks blurry. Great visuals

  • @lucfer2002
    @lucfer20025 ай бұрын

    Good initiative Karthik Rangappa! Just like the modules of Varsity. Big fan 🙌😊

  • @mohitnegi724
    @mohitnegi7245 ай бұрын

    Just made my 3.5L emergency fund 😃

  • @sathvik3441

    @sathvik3441

    Ай бұрын

    Congratulations 🎉

  • @ArunKumarMurali

    @ArunKumarMurali

    Ай бұрын

    Good for you brother.. congrats🎉

  • @ravijaiswal2747
    @ravijaiswal27478 күн бұрын

    Thank you sir for preserving our future by providing financial knowledge

  • @manoj701m
    @manoj701m10 күн бұрын

    FD will be the best instrument to park our Emergency funds, and 12 Months of Expenses is ideal number, I made my Emergency corpus last month. Thanks to Zerodha for this beautiful series of personal finance.

  • @SurajJhaIn
    @SurajJhaIn5 ай бұрын

    Thank you, I don’t have any emergency funds yet but I have decided to build it for at lest 6 month of expenses. Later I will make it 9 months

  • @jadoun106
    @jadoun1065 ай бұрын

    Keep doing ! Great work ! ❤️

  • @khaleelrm
    @khaleelrm5 ай бұрын

    Thanks Guru :) waiting for more in this series

  • @adarshtiwari9650
    @adarshtiwari96505 ай бұрын

    Just started to learn...Will build such which is more than sufficient for all family members as per furthur lifestyle.

  • @yashmore9863
    @yashmore98635 ай бұрын

    the credit card tip is great. I'd like to add - there are liquid funds which credit a certain amount (usually up to 50k) within 30 minutes

  • @typicalindian1238
    @typicalindian12384 ай бұрын

    straight forward. Will definitely share with loved ones

  • @varsheethtv2459
    @varsheethtv24595 ай бұрын

    Zerodha is on a mission...!! Kudos!👍👍

  • @Seasonednuts-iv5gd
    @Seasonednuts-iv5gd5 ай бұрын

    A very insightful video on financial security

  • @PrashanthGiridharan
    @PrashanthGiridharan5 ай бұрын

    Money market funds, liquid funds, savings bank accounts, credit cards.

  • @vanadasanathkumar4732
    @vanadasanathkumar47325 ай бұрын

    Good and knowledgeable video sir, thanks a lot and want more videos like this

  • @shubhamkochar18
    @shubhamkochar185 ай бұрын

    Liquid fund has instant withdrawal facility while arbitrage fund doesn't have

  • @dsivapradeep

    @dsivapradeep

    5 ай бұрын

    That’s where credit card comes in…

  • @ayushbajaj1965

    @ayushbajaj1965

    5 ай бұрын

    Liquid fund takes T+1 days for withdrawal. Can you tell which liquid fund gives instant redemption

  • @lakshmitejas1685

    @lakshmitejas1685

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@ayushbajaj1965icici, axis and many. They give in 30min upto 50k or 80% of the fund. Which ever is lower.

  • @rnhotta18129

    @rnhotta18129

    4 ай бұрын

    PPFAS LIQUID FUND ​@@ayushbajaj1965

  • @HY4mShubham

    @HY4mShubham

    4 ай бұрын

    @@ayushbajaj1965nippon india liquid fund

  • @gauravkalal6678
    @gauravkalal66785 ай бұрын

    For emergency fund liquid fund is my preferred choice it gives me pice of mind.🎉 Credit card combination is good (T+1)😮😊

  • @50karanbebale81
    @50karanbebale815 ай бұрын

    Thank you sir ❤

  • @srinivasbabu8776
    @srinivasbabu87765 ай бұрын

    it's nice information for me Thank you sir🎉

  • @JackSimplesPersonalFinance
    @JackSimplesPersonalFinance3 ай бұрын

    thanks for this really important tip

  • @vijaykumar225
    @vijaykumar2255 ай бұрын

    good information

  • @wandasworldhaircarejourney5788
    @wandasworldhaircarejourney57883 ай бұрын

    Great Content

  • @All_the_Wheels
    @All_the_Wheels5 ай бұрын

    short and to the point...

  • @sathviksathish4243
    @sathviksathish42434 ай бұрын

    Best advice

  • @namitajain68
    @namitajain685 ай бұрын

    6 months' living expenses in cash in bank split between 2 accounts + 4 FDs of 1 lakh each

  • @PrinceSingh-qk5vk
    @PrinceSingh-qk5vk5 ай бұрын

    Please make a complete video on ROCE (return on capital employed)

  • @geramer
    @geramer5 ай бұрын

    In process of converting a FD ladder emergency fund to liquid fund. Last year had an emergency and were force to premature FD withdrawl resulting in fine. BTW, we do keep some amount in savings just to get going while in process of liquidating FD/liquid MF.

  • @codedusting

    @codedusting

    3 ай бұрын

    There are FD where no fine is there in interest accumulated or principle amount. IndMoney has Federal Bank FD.

  • @romilpatel8803
    @romilpatel88035 ай бұрын

    Can you make a guide on how to calculate upside potential of a stock with all time high price

  • @trijay
    @trijayАй бұрын

    Good one... Please make video on liquid funds for emergency funds

  • @brijmeena8081
    @brijmeena80815 ай бұрын

  • @supreetkamatagi1831
    @supreetkamatagi18315 ай бұрын

    Concept is very good to understand but action and voice some what not matching and it is unable to attract or pay attentions to watchers, camera view of recording would be improved Simple feedback to attract more users Thanks

  • @Nandha.R
    @Nandha.R5 ай бұрын

    Karthik Sir, you are looking like my favourite Hollywood hero "Will Smith" in this thumbnail.

  • @ravijaiswal2747
    @ravijaiswal27478 күн бұрын

    I use Provident fund as a emergency fund , please answer that it will be a correct option or not?

  • @amritdas4670
    @amritdas46705 ай бұрын

    Please educate us more

  • @SurendraKumar-mq1tf
    @SurendraKumar-mq1tf5 ай бұрын

    Sir please do a video about SGB, i have a query since SGB is tax free after selling 8 years, and i can see in kite it just trading like stocks, so i can buy and sell this so what is the use of 8 years lock in

  • @rishiadhikary1610
    @rishiadhikary16105 ай бұрын

    Money market fund + credit card is my choice

  • @nandakumaras
    @nandakumaras5 ай бұрын

    Very good initiative 👏

  • @SanJanJayadevan
    @SanJanJayadevan5 ай бұрын

    Credit Card + Arbitrage ❤

  • @vanivindhyasyamala4333
    @vanivindhyasyamala43335 ай бұрын

    Is it good to keep them as active money of kotak. ?

  • @dhilbas
    @dhilbas5 ай бұрын

    I am having it as a gold bars

  • @bprakashkrha
    @bprakashkrha5 ай бұрын

    Incase of medical treatment won't we use our health insurance instead of EF?

  • @BojoHanks
    @BojoHanks5 ай бұрын

    How about NPS Tier 2 account as a preferred option?

  • @ramesh_p
    @ramesh_p5 ай бұрын

    Although I will say, better to put your money in a FD. In a scenario where you may need to send emergency money to someone on immediate basis FD will be an easier option than liquid fund.

  • @dsivapradeep

    @dsivapradeep

    5 ай бұрын

    Problem with FD is preclosure penalty which bank charges on your interest and taxed at our income slab.

  • @immoski

    @immoski

    5 ай бұрын

    MOD @@dsivapradeep

  • @lykumar88
    @lykumar885 ай бұрын

    High interest yielding savings account

  • @nirvana171178
    @nirvana1711785 ай бұрын

    First and foremost, we need to understand what is emergency funds constitutes - what all expenses should include in that corpus, define it with one example would have made this effort worth, most don’t understand the concept.

  • @PranavYadav-cv7bv

    @PranavYadav-cv7bv

    3 ай бұрын

    If you know, Plz explain us in Comment Section by giving an example, that will be much more beneficial for everyone.

  • @immoski
    @immoski5 ай бұрын

    MOD/Sweepin FD > FD

  • @agilanmk12
    @agilanmk124 ай бұрын

    hi why not physical gold is our destination to park our half of our emergency fund.

  • @saitejparuchuru
    @saitejparuchuru5 ай бұрын

    I’m parking my emergency funds in FD, Paytm FD gives 7%-7.5% and instant withdrawal without any charge

  • @TheLearner048

    @TheLearner048

    5 ай бұрын

    Then why it's called FD? Probably it's a saving account with high interest rate and high risk or maybe sweep facility, if it's sweep then read T&C very wisely.

  • @saitejparuchuru

    @saitejparuchuru

    5 ай бұрын

    @@TheLearner048 It was fd only, paytm partnered with other banks to provide that service

  • @arunkumarkgr

    @arunkumarkgr

    5 ай бұрын

    please be safe with paytm bank fd , now rbi has restrictions on paytm service from march'24

  • @simplytrading9986
    @simplytrading99865 ай бұрын

    Icici corporate bond fund is the best place to park emergency fund. Approx 8% return p.a.

  • @Unapologeticmyrmidon

    @Unapologeticmyrmidon

    5 ай бұрын

    How can I achieve that.

  • @simplytrading9986

    @simplytrading9986

    5 ай бұрын

    @@Unapologeticmyrmidon mutual fund name

  • @prathameshrode6852
    @prathameshrode6852Ай бұрын

    I have accumulated in Debt Funds

  • @vinayak6685
    @vinayak66855 ай бұрын

    I have built my emergency corpus and all is in FD

  • @Arunkumar-mh1vp

    @Arunkumar-mh1vp

    4 ай бұрын

    Sir, but as i know FD has 5 years lock in period right? Then how it works to withdraw during emergency?

  • @rinkalrana9901
    @rinkalrana99015 ай бұрын

    I parked my emergency fund in fixed deposits

  • @pramodh1619
    @pramodh16195 ай бұрын

    If we select the FD to park the emergency fund, there will be fine/penalty if we break the FD right sir.?

  • @chiragreddy5871

    @chiragreddy5871

    5 ай бұрын

    yes

  • @Iamreal11xingping

    @Iamreal11xingping

    5 ай бұрын

    Sweep in out/ Fd Linked to saving .

  • @Sayan_Biswas.

    @Sayan_Biswas.

    5 ай бұрын

    1 % penalty in interest rates. Do auto sweep feature in your savings account, you will get same returns as fd and you can also withdraw money anything just remember to keep the minimum balance acc. to your bank.

  • @uttiosaha4692

    @uttiosaha4692

    5 ай бұрын

    If you take the interest monthly, then they take a penalty from the main amount in case of premature withdrawal. Otherwise, they deduct it from the interest amount it self. Sweep is a good option. Just take a note of QAB of minimum balance. This is different for various bank for sweep account Eg- PNB has a minimum QAB of 25000. SBI 10000 Many bank managers do not tell this to you.

  • @YourFinSor
    @YourFinSor5 ай бұрын

    Is fixed return product by P2P lending platform is good option for investment as emergency fund?

  • @manikantamagaji

    @manikantamagaji

    5 ай бұрын

    P2P lending is generally riskier than FDs. Although it's tempting, I wouldn't recommend putting emergency fund into P2P lending as the chances of defaulting is high and also it'll take 2-3 days for withdrawing the fund. Whereas you can withdraw your FD on the same day.

  • @YourFinSor

    @YourFinSor

    5 ай бұрын

    @@manikantamagaji Many P2P platforms had a good diversified loan book and yes it takes 2 days for withdrawal but we have credit card for those 2 days as in video also mentioned.

  • @rinkalrana9901

    @rinkalrana9901

    5 ай бұрын

    No, first of all its an emergency fund plus a fixed deposit in scheduled commercial banks are insured by DICGC. Corporate FD are riskier and it's not insured

  • @parteekgoyal5782
    @parteekgoyal57825 ай бұрын

    Linked FD.

  • @a.r4k3sh
    @a.r4k3sh5 ай бұрын

    Old School FD

  • @shubhamjain54519
    @shubhamjain545195 ай бұрын

    Can you please dub this in Hindi

  • @corporatebhai1703
    @corporatebhai17035 ай бұрын

    why not just keep them in savings account.

  • @lucfer2002

    @lucfer2002

    5 ай бұрын

    You get higher Interest rate in an FD as against a savings account

  • @vinaykumark

    @vinaykumark

    5 ай бұрын

    ​@@lucfer2002if we break the FD when the emergency situation, bank will fine us right? What would be solution for this

  • @RameshRam-pw8bx

    @RameshRam-pw8bx

    5 ай бұрын

    because you will spend it easily

  • @rinkalrana9901

    @rinkalrana9901

    5 ай бұрын

    Better to use sweep in facility in savings account

  • @pruthvibatta1181

    @pruthvibatta1181

    2 ай бұрын

    Use overnight funds or liquid funds

  • @kundakkamandakkamsk8568
    @kundakkamandakkamsk85685 ай бұрын

    Personal finance emergency fund concept in tamil - kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZImb2pWEhpnLn7Q.htmlsi=DQ_f6nlCspdwzefT

  • @pravin_nandgaonkar
    @pravin_nandgaonkar5 ай бұрын

    Fixed deposit

  • @mohitofficial2024
    @mohitofficial20245 ай бұрын

    First 😂

  • @user-cd5nt5qp5y
    @user-cd5nt5qp5y5 ай бұрын