After the rationalisation and categorisation of mutual fund schemes undertaken by the Sebi in October 2017, overnight funds have emerged as a distinct category.
'Apart from providing you with the ability to withstand escalating medical expenses, a dedicated financial plan for health will also ensure financial independence in old age,' advises Arun Thukral, MD & CEO, Axis Securities.
Financial planning expert Vetapalem Sridhar gives tips on how to build a good mutual fund portfolio for the long-term.
The longer a bear market lasts, the more the eventual returns are, says Devangshu Datta.
Expect more volatility in the coming year as the economy and markets price in the demonetisation drive.
Women have been leaving the investment decision to husbands.
Filing your tax returns may seem like a lot of paperwork, but it is swift and smooth once you start with a clear plan, says Anil Rego.
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.
The online world is driven by convenience, simplicity and speed.
'You have to be a total anti-national bozo to shut down the Nokia plant in Sriperumbudur, which was the first large manufacturing plant for mobile phones in India.' 'Why was the unit shut down? Because of somebody's ego.'
In a live chat on rediff.com held on Friday, July 11, well-known equity specialist Devang Mehta discussed what effect the Budget will have on the stock markets -- from how NOT to lose money in the markets to which are the safest stocks.
Retirees must also try and purchase a senior citizens' policy, despite steep premiums.
Sebi directs freezing of all demat accounts not linked to Aadhaar by December 31
'The telecom companies are our lifeline now, despite having nearly collapsed under debt because of ill-advised policies.' 'Perhaps our obvious dependence on telecom services will spark well-conceived policies for this sector,' says Shyam Ponappa.
Lack of clarity on data-sharing persists, public health experts sceptic about the pilot that was run in six Union territories as benchmark for national roll-out
Equity investments are fruitful over the very long 20-year term.
A host of dynamic reforms, policies and announcements during the last five years are expected to reach its logical fruition in the second term, says Ankit Kansal.
'Outside the core voter base of upper caste Hindus, there is a large section unhappy with the performance of the BJP.'
High savings, aggressive asset allocation and a frugal lifestyle can help you hang up your boots a decade early.
People who are close to retirement and don't intend to go back to full-time work again should deploy a part of their VRS money in equities so that it keeps growing at a faster rate.
It's best to start your tax planning in the beginning of the year to help you systematically grow your savings coupled with the added benefit of tax saving realised at the end of the financial year.
Conservative investors and those in the lower tax bracket should opt for these, experts tell Sanjay Kumar Singh
'If we go in the same direction as them, we cannot expect a different result from them.' 'Our fall is going to be very swift.' 'Within a decade, we can expect the situation to change for the worse.'
With this, total inflows have reached Rs 3.98 lakh crore in the first 11 months of the current fiscal (2016-17). In comparison, Rs 2.07 lakh crore was invested in various mutual fund products during April-February period of 2015-16.
Investors have pumped in nearly Rs 54,000 crore into various mutual fund schemes in January, with liquid, income and equity funds attracting the most of the inflows.
The good news is investors can make 5 to 6 switches during a year among funds depending on the insurance companies without incurring any costs.
All you need is a computer, net connection and a subscription to a 3-in-1 online investing account
If you plan to withdraw money from your corpus regularly to meet expenses, have a portfolio of stable instruments.
Banks play 'mind games' to woo customers. Big data and 'games' are now the tools of the trade.
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Returns on godl have depleted in past few years,
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?
Shikha Verma explains how child insurance plans can help you achieve your child's financial dreams.
Had you invested Rs 5,000 every month in SBI Magnum Multicap Fund through systematic investment plan (SIP) for the last 5 years, the value of your investment would be over Rs 5.2 lakh as on August 22, 2016
Thanks to Budget 2018, seniors can invest more and also save more.
Ajit Balakrishnan on the surprising drivers of mathematical innovation.
The hard truth is that unless you start investing for your children in advance, in appropriate investment avenues, you are risking their future aspirations.
Ashish Chauhan is generous in his praise for his former bosses and doesn't flinch in pointing out the reasons why the BSE lost out in the initial years of the NSE.
