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description: Author, Blogger & Independent Financial Advisor. My goal is to give you actionable tools for creating passive income and building wealth. More than 10,000 expats have already used my ideas to jumpstart their journey towards financial independence. Connect with me to start yours... (29)
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# Blog

### Posts by Damodhar Mata

UAE focussed Financial blog. Provides actionable ideas & tools for Investments, Insurance, Wealth Accumulation, and Financial Independence.

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[![Benefits of Budgeting: A Blueprint for Financial Success](https://www.financialplanningindubai.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Benefits%20of%20Budgeting.jpg?width=300&name=Benefits%20of%20Budgeting.jpg)](https://www.financialplanningindubai.com/blog/2015/09/05/benefits-of-budgeting)

###### [CashFlow & Budgeting](https://www.financialplanningindubai.com/blog/topic/cashflow-budgeting)

##### [Benefits of Budgeting: A Blueprint for Financial Success](https://www.financialplanningindubai.com/blog/2015/09/05/benefits-of-budgeting)

> #### “A budget is telling your money where to go instead of wondering where it went.”- Dave Ramsey

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[![What It Means When You Buy Life Insurance?](https://www.financialplanningindubai.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Child%20Education%20Seminar.jpg?width=300&name=Child%20Education%20Seminar.jpg)](https://www.financialplanningindubai.com/blog/2015/08/26/when-you-buy-life-insurance)

###### [Financial Planning,](https://www.financialplanningindubai.com/blog/topic/financial-planning)[life insurance,](https://www.financialplanningindubai.com/blog/topic/life-insurance-2)[Life Insurance Dubai,](https://www.financialplanningindubai.com/blog/topic/life-insurance-dubai)[Life Insurance in Dubai](https://www.financialplanningindubai.com/blog/topic/life-insurance-in-dubai)

##### [What It Means When You Buy Life Insurance?](https://www.financialplanningindubai.com/blog/2015/08/26/when-you-buy-life-insurance)

**What do you buy, when you buy Life Insurance?**

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###### [Retirement,](https://www.financialplanningindubai.com/blog/topic/retirement)[Retirement Savings Calculator,](https://www.financialplanningindubai.com/blog/topic/retirement-savings-calculator)[Retirement savings Dubai](https://www.financialplanningindubai.com/blog/topic/retirement-savings-dubai)

##### [Retirement Savings in Dubai - Are you on the right track?](https://www.financialplanningindubai.com/blog/retirement-savings-in-dubai)

## Journey To Your Retirement

The road leading to retirement can be challenging with speed bumps,...

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###### [life insurance](https://www.financialplanningindubai.com/blog/topic/life-insurance-2)

##### [Why You Still Need Life Insurance, When Your Budget Is Tight?](https://www.financialplanningindubai.com/blog/2015/05/05/why-you-need-life-insurance)

Life insurance might seem like a luxury during tough financial times, but for a family in the UAE,...

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###### [Home Insurance](https://www.financialplanningindubai.com/blog/topic/home-insurance)

##### [Home & Contents Insurance - Financial Planning in Dubai](https://www.financialplanningindubai.com/blog/home-contents-insurance)

Home and Contents Insurance is easy to understand, easy to avail and very affordable.

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###### [Salama Family Takaful,](https://www.financialplanningindubai.com/blog/topic/salama-family-takaful)[Salama Takaful Plan,](https://www.financialplanningindubai.com/blog/topic/salama-takaful-plan)[Takaful Plan Dubai,](https://www.financialplanningindubai.com/blog/topic/takaful-plan-dubai)[Takaful Plan UAE,](https://www.financialplanningindubai.com/blog/topic/takaful-plan-uae)[Hemaya Plus,](https://www.financialplanningindubai.com/blog/topic/hemaya-plus)[Islamic Insurance Dubai,](https://www.financialplanningindubai.com/blog/topic/islamic-insurance-dubai)[Islamic Life Insurance,](https://www.financialplanningindubai.com/blog/topic/islamic-life-insurance)[Islamic Term Insurance,](https://www.financialplanningindubai.com/blog/topic/islamic-term-insurance)[Life Insurance](https://www.financialplanningindubai.com/blog/topic/life-insurance)

##### [Hemaya Plus - Family Takaful / Best Islamic Iife Insurance in UAE](https://www.financialplanningindubai.com/blog/hemaya-plus-best-islamic-iife-insurance-in-uae)

Hemaya Plus is a Life Takaful / Islamic Insurance Term Plan with unique riders from Salama - an...

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###### [Financial Planning](https://www.financialplanningindubai.com/blog/topic/financial-planning)

##### [4 Life-Changing Books for Financial Freedom](https://www.financialplanningindubai.com/blog/books-for-financial-freedom)

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.” - [George...](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/346732.George_R_R_Martin)

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###### [Financial Planning,](https://www.financialplanningindubai.com/blog/topic/financial-planning)[Investments](https://www.financialplanningindubai.com/blog/topic/investments)

##### [From Panic to Profit: Managing Emotions in Volatile Markets](https://www.financialplanningindubai.com/blog/investments-101-buy-and-hold)

*Buy and hold only works if you do both when markets crash. It's much easier to both buy and hold...*

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