Raising equity exposure to 50 per cent in the National Pension Scheme will benefit young investors, provided they can stomach higher volatility.
Before you buy a cashless benefit plan at lower premiums, check if you can make full use of it. Most don't even exhaust the entire benefit.
While there's tax arbitrage advantage in ULIPs now, experts say investors should prefer mutual funds for long-term savings.
Limit your investment in cryptocurrencies and make sure you have current holdings in your own custody until regulatory cloud blows over, experts tell Sanjay Kumar Singh.
Now you can check your Aadhaar authentication history online to track if anyone misused your unique identity.
Thanks to Budget 2018, seniors can invest more and also save more.
With the introduction of 10 per cent tax both on long-term capital gains and on dividend, choose funds based on investment horizon and risk appetite, not on tax advantage, experts tell Sanjay Kumar Singh.
Did you know that your home insurance covers valuables in bank locker?
Install a security software that has an app advisor function, advises Tinesh Bhasin.
If you plan to withdraw money from your corpus regularly to meet expenses, have a portfolio of stable instruments.
Most borrowers of loans against property pin hopes on future cash flows from their business, but in case of failure to repay the loan, the lender can repossess the property and sell it.
Here's what borrowers must pay attention to before going for such medical loans.
Don't invest more than 5 per cent of your portfolio in bitcoin. The virtual currency's price has run up very fast and experts feel a correction may be around the corner.
'Malicious files can silently sit in your phone and relay data to hackers without your knowledge.'
While a wallet is convenient, payments bank offers interest on deposits and ATM facility.
Don't share information over phone with anyone. Use only official apps. Keep Aadhaar locked unless needed.
If banks won't lend, seek a loan from fintech lenders or P2P platforms to help you get out of a debt trap.
After giving negative or low returns from 2013-2016, the Nifty Realty Index is up a whopping 91.14 per cent, making it the best performer year-to-date. Can you still make money in this sector? Sanjay Kumar Singh finds out.
Retail investors may burn their fingers investing in them, especially if the markets correct, experts tell Sanjay Kumar Singh
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