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Warren Buffet is no less than a God for the investors around the world. His investment journey dates back to the time when he started trading in stocks at the very young age of 11. By the time he turned 16, he had already made a net worth of $6000 (the equivalent of $53,000 today). With a net worth over $70 billion, this 87-year-old wealth creator is currently the second richest person in the world, behind his friend Bill Gates. So, what did Warren Buffet do right to amass such a huge wealth? Here are a few of his key investment strategies from which you can pick up useful tips. Click the link above to read full article.

Peer to peer lending in India is becoming popular among those looking for newer investment avenues. As compared to the stock market or real estate, it offers balanced risk and returns. Basically, you can become a personal loan lender through peer to peer lending. There are several online peer to peer lending platforms such as LenDenClub, where you can lend money online.

Peer to peer lending is a practice of financing loans which enables individual to invest and borrow money without bother of any established financial institutions like banks as a mediator. P2P lending helps to remove the intermediary institutions or people as a middlemen in the process of lending and borrowing and enables individuals to lend and borrow in less time and effort.

Relocating an office may look easy for some business owners and facility managers but it's not. It's a procedure and like all other procedures, it needs proper planning and investments of money and time. If you plan correctly and work towards executing that plan then relocation will be easy and cost-effective.

Peer to peer (P2P) lending companies claim to provide loans at lower rates compared to banks. We ask the experts what impact this can have on the overall interest rate scenario in the country. Bhavin Patel, founder and CEO, LenDenClub The interest rate theory works on supply of money in the system and the risk associated with an investment. When the supply goes up, it brings in downward pressure on the banks to bring interest rates down. As it is now clear that RBI is regulating the P2P segment, many more lenders will be willing to be a part of P2P lending. This will bring in liquidity to P2P platforms, resulting in a reduction in the interest rate offered to borrowers. P2P loans are executed by arranging an electronic meeting of lenders and borrowers on the platform. If lenders have excess liquidity and start pushing higher amounts, they may ask for lesser yield. The impact could be a reduction of at least 1.5% over the next year on P2P platforms themselves. The other important aspect in determining interest rates is the risk associated with P2P loans. As these loans were not reported to any of the credit bureaus earlier, the chances of defaults were higher compared to similar retail loans. However, now, after the RBI regulations, the bureau reporting process will be started. This will make borrowers more concerned about timely payment of loans, bringing down the probability of default. This will reduce repayment risk, resulting in interest rates going down. Both of the above factors will act in favor of borrowers. However, it will take some time before we see the real impact of interest rate reduction.