Despite the equity booster, many would be uncomfortable about NPS.
The aggressive life cycle fund will allow equity exposure of up to 75%, up from the current limit of 50%.
The next revision will make the rates similar to those of bank FDs.
If you are planning for a long-term goal like your child's education in a foreign university, invest about 20% of your portfolio in foreign assets that can provide a hedge against the rupee's depreciation.
Now that the National Pension Scheme offers more choices than the Employees Provident Fund, is more transparent and also allows to choose the level of allocation to equities as investors like, should one switch to the NPS?
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Do not go for riskier options like co-operative bank only for the higher return. Even if you go for them, park only a small portion of your capital there, say Tinesh Bhasin and Sanjay Kumar Singh.
If the changes being considered by the EPFO become a reality, investors may have to be more active in deciding equity preference and when to withdraw money, reports Sanjay Kumar Singh
Because of a new notification, any retirement planning done by non-resident Indians through PPF will go for a toss, experts tell Sanjay Kumar Singh.
Ponzi schemes have characteristics that the informed investor can spot easily.
'Allocate 30% to 35% of your equity portfolio to mid-cap funds and 10% to 15% to small-cap funds.'
If you plan to withdraw money from your corpus regularly to meet expenses, have a portfolio of stable instruments.
With stock prices at elevated levels, investors must cut valuation risks in their portfolio
If the refund is wrongly adjusted against any past tax liability, immediately clarify it online
Investors should avoid jumping from their current funds into those that have outperformed lately, advises Arnav Pandya, a certified financial planner.
Investors should quiz them to understand the product, which options to invest in, and how to get the final payout
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Novices should enter markets via SIPs of equity mutual funds.
While there's tax arbitrage advantage in ULIPs now, experts say investors should prefer mutual funds for long-term savings.
If new goals have emerged, this is the time to make fresh investments.
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