March with its feverish frets and yearly targets is over. April 1st was (no, not All Fools Day) the start of the New Financial Year. So, did you make those financial resolutions for the new year? Or did you end up like Teena and Prateek? Teena and her husband Prateek, a newly-wed couple, had a… Read More »
Gold is said to be made in Supernovas. With such a bright origin, it’s no surprise that our affinity to gold has held strong through the ages, right up there with war, good food and good times. Gold, since days of yore, has been considered one of the most important metals, owing to its alluring… Read More »
March is that time of the year when you’re no different from a headless chicken. Only, you’re running around pecking at investments to save tax at the last minute. A mere week away from the deadline of 31st March 2015, diligence finally overpowered procrastination and I sat down to take care of my taxes. The… Read More »
Some habits die hard. One such habit is jumping out of your seat when you get a rude shock. Jeevan, a senior editor with a media group, did just that – jump out of his seat – when he received a call from the accounts department telling him that he would receive only 40% of… Read More »
In both developed and developing economies, penetration of credit facilities into the rural and semi urban set up continues to be an uphill task for government, local and social organisations. In a populous and diverse country like India, where about 69% of the population lives in rural areas, like-minded social groups are working hard to… Read More »
Well-planned movies become debacles. As do game strategies in chess. The dressing room strategies of the Indian cricket team always seem to be in the danger of backfiring. Can’t then your tax planning strategy? Here are 7 surefire indicators that it has. You find yourself struggling to use up the Section 80 limit People tend… Read More »
There is an old saying that if wishes were horses, beggars would ride. While it may still take some time for beggars to ride, there is no dearth of wishes by the Indian taxpayer today for a plethora of reforms to make their way out of Arun Jaitley’s Budget briefcase this year. Like other retail… Read More »
Should I buy, should I not? Where will I get all the money from? How did my dad manage to buy one? What if I wait and the price goes up? Like it or not, these are some of the many questions that raid our mind every time we see one of those property ads… Read More »
When the markets are booming, everyone wants to ride the Equity Bull to get a pie out of it and take a quick return out of the market. It may be a fresh graduate out of college or a senior citizen at 60. Before we start analyzing the markets let’s start with the story… Read More »
Stock market is a Casino, only the very few lucky ones make money, says an investor when he was asked why he doesn’t invest in equity. Another says stock markets are only for gamblers, prices go up and down every day how can I buy something whose value changes every minute? How will this… Read More »