While higher income, educated Indians are financially literate, they aren't really much better off when it comes to planning their financial futures
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Omkeshwar Singh, head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
'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
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.
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.
rediffGURU Ramalingam Kalirajan answers your personal finance queries.
'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.
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.
The whole idea is to have a balance between long-term and short-term goals.
The choice should depend on the size of the retirement corpus, stage in life, and state of health.
Omkeshwar Singh, head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
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.
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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.
If you are investing in equities, you should have a minimium investment tenure of three years.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
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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 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.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
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Group term insurance is far more cost-effective than an individual cover.
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!
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.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Nikunj Saraf, Vice President Choice Wealth, answers your queries
High savings, aggressive asset allocation and a frugal lifestyle can help you hang up your boots a decade early.
Financial planning need not be boring or solely be a man's job. It can be made fun and be used as another way to increase a couple's closeness and happiness! Try it!
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