17 scorers have appealed in unison to BCCI president Sourav Ganguly, seeking some sort of 'retirement benefits'
'People try to repay the BIGGEST LOAN first. Actually, you should repay the most expensive loan first.'
His cinema of compassion inspired me, gave me tools to develop empathy for others. But it also made me understand that serious, socially committed cinema with deeply engaging narratives and great performances is an art form to admire, appreciate and explore. Aseem Chhabra remembers Shyam Benegal, who passed into the ages on Monday evening.
While higher income, educated Indians are financially literate, they aren't really much better off when it comes to planning their financial futures
Do you have financial planning queries? Ask rediffGURU Kirtan A Shah.
rediffGURU Dev Ashish answers your personal finance and mutual fund queries
Omkeshwar Singh, head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
'A campaign that goes beyond caste, creed and religion.' 'This is a campaign that aims to end hunger in society'
Goals like buying a car or travelling abroad are short-term goals whereas purchasing a house or retirement planning are medium and long-term goals.
'My protest was in the interest of the nation.' 'I am just doing my duty as a citizen of this country.'
rediffGURU Hemant Bokil answers your personal finance queries
What is the right age to start planning for achieving financial freedom? Where should young people invest to become financially free? Wealth management expert Sanjiv Mehta in a chat on August 17 with Get Ahead readers answered these questions.
Stories are legion about the Karatmeter's use at that time. Hundreds of people standing in queue for testing, customers breaking down after discovering the actual purity of their jewellery and then becoming irate about the jeweller who had gypped them, the local jewellery industry leaning heavily on the Tanishq franchisees to desist from using it, some jewellers even threatening violent action.
rediffGURU Ramalingam Kalirajan answers your personal finance queries.
The whole idea is to have a balance between long-term and short-term goals.
'There is uncertainty regarding job opportunities for our children after they serve for just four years under the Agnipath scheme.'
SIP top-ups are especially beneficial for young investors, who may start with a small SIP installment and grow it over their working careers, says Dwaipayan Bose.
Omkeshwar Singh, head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
The choice should depend on the size of the retirement corpus, stage in life, and state of health.
Use whole life term policies for legacy planning. By doing so, your annual outgo will come down and returns will improve, suggest Chirag Madia and Tinesh Bhasin.
Youngsters must remember education is their BIGGEST investment EVER: Their lifelong income-earning provider! asserts CA P V Subramanyam.
If you are investing in equities, you should have a minimium investment tenure of three years.
One of the mistakes most homemakers make while thinking about financial planning is looking at immediate goals, says Amar Pandit.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
The hard truth is that unless you start investing for your children in advance, in appropriate investment avenues, you are risking their future aspirations.
rediffGURU Sunil Lala answers your MF-related queries.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
November 8 marks 6 years after demonetisation. A K Bhattacharya reveals how the prime minister and the RBI worked together for months before Modi's 8 pm speech. A riveting excerpt from The Rise Of Goliath: Twelve Disruptions That Changed India.
rediffGURU Nikunj Saraf suggests considering small-cap, mid-cap, and multi-cap mutual funds.
Nikunj Saraf, Vice President Choice Wealth, answers your queries.
Nikunj Saraf, Vice President Choice Wealth, answers your queries.
The future is closer than you think. Pick targets early and give them the right kind of support to see your plans mature well
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Ulhas Joshi, Head -- Sales, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
If you plan to withdraw money from your corpus regularly to meet expenses, have a portfolio of stable instruments.
Women are multitasking and management queens. The pointers here can easily be managed by all women along with juggling their current tasks at hand. Superheroes are fictional whereas superwomen are real. They are all around us!
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Retirement planning ranks as one of the most overlooked financial planning activities. Most of us are so preoccupied with planning and providing for the present that we overlook the need to provide for the future.
Group term insurance is far more cost-effective than an individual cover.
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