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Quintessential Investment Plans from Your 20s to Your 60s

It was raining money in the streets of Kuwait earlier this year. Don’t we all wish that we’d been driving by at this wonderful time (so much better than the raining spiders in Australia). Unfortunately, while you keep wishing for raining money, you need to make sure that you’re prepared, just in case. The best… Read More »

Sukanya Samriddhi Vs Mutual Funds: A Show and Tell for Your Dimpled Darling

New parents love to show everybody videos of their cute little ones. We’re sure your daughter looks just as adorable in her butterfly wings and somewhere in the back of your mind you’re already worrying about her future. If you’re confused about where to invest, here’s how the government’s Sukanya Samriddhi Account fares against Mutual Funds… Read More »

How India is Giving Rise to Financial Entrepreneurs: A True Saga

The Great Indian Rope Trick. A cute yet annoying thing we’ve had to hear whenever anyone from across the pond spoke about India in the same breath as “things back home”. You’d think they were talking about the 1900s. Yet, here we are in 2015, doing exactly that. The Great Indian Rope Trick. Only, we’re… Read More »

How do you know when your tax planning strategy has backfired?

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 »

Money- Getting into Good Financial Habits

Managing your finances are equally important as earning money is. Let us see how we can make the most of out of our existing funds by following these best financial habits: Save less but save regularly: There is famous proverb “Many a little makes a mickle” means many small amounts accumulate to make a large… Read More »

Explore approaches to investing!

The only reason investors head for the stock market is to earn better returns compared to other investment avenues. The objective is the same but approaches can be different. For example, some may like the growth theme, some may like the value theme; few are excited about banking sector while some find consumption theme intoxicating.

Planning to invest? Read this!

It is important to compare the performance of the fund with the funds having the same profile. E.g. a small-cap fund must be compared against another small-cap fund. Don’t compare it with a banking fund, as both the funds have different profiles. Also compare the performance of the fund vis-à-vis its benchmark index.