Investors with shorter horizon of three-five years can also look at balanced funds and also those looking to invest lump sum money.
It is not advisable to touch retirement corpus if property is being purchased for investment.
Start-ups are changing the way people take vacations.
While there is little one can do when the fund house restricts redemptions, it's best to exit even if it means some losses.
Monday's steep fall turned Sensex's yearly returns to - 2.57%, but only two large-cap funds did worse.
A few adjustments can help foreign travellers and students reduce the impact of a falling rupee.
Unbanked customers can expect easier access to banking.
It makes sense to wait for govt schemes such as gold bonds.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is planning to introduce plastic currency notes as an experiment in five cities.
Domestic I-T laws require you to deduct tax on software, e-books and music albums; must report every such transactions while filing returns.
If the company is profitable or pays dividends, it makes sense to retain stock
If losses from F&O, intra-day trades are below Rs 20,000-30,000, it's best not to claim them and opt for ITR-2.
Include digital assets in a will, as e-mail and social networking websites don't provide account access to legal heirs.
After taxpayers file returns, IT department checks them.
Within the next 3 months, most brokers will enable you to intelligently invest via mobiles in MFs, FDs, and IPOs.
The current bear run has already been the second longest since 1975.
Taxpayers are allowed to make the changes under certain circumstances
For online fraud, approach cyber cell and file a complaint.
Calculate the tax already paid via TDS, and accordingly arrive at your tax liability for the year.
About 55 per cent of the public offers that hit the market since 2008 are still trading below their issue price.
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