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Term Insurance Plan

All the features, benefits you need to know

Smart-beta funds: These new kids on the block hold promise

These funds have made a good start. Invest in them once they have an adequate track record

PLANNING YOUR RETIREMENT?

Here are a few basic things to have a comfortable retired life

National Digital Health Mission

The new tech-driven future of the Indian healthcare industry….and how it will impact insurance policy purchase and claim settlements in future.

AN HOUR SPENT IN YOGA IS REWARDED WITH 2 HOURS OF EXTRA LIFE SPAN

There is no doubt that a strong, healthy body is more resistant to stress, both physical and emotional, than a weak and exhausted body.

Risks and potential of Mid-cap Mutual Fund schemes: Know them before investing

The returns in the mid-cap mutual fund schemes have been badly hit in the recent stock market meltdown.

Retiring Shortly? Invest In Debt Mutual Funds And Start A SWP

When you design your retirement plan, first and foremost, you’ll want to make sure your day-to-day expenses— non-negotiable costs, such as housing, food, utilities, taxes, and health care— are covered by guaranteed income sources.

Covid-19 Health Insurance Policy: Corona Rakshak And Corona Kavach Policy – How They Work

The incidence of Coronavirus is on the rise and till the time a vaccine is found, the risk of hospitalisation due to COVID-19 remains high.

Nippon India Dynamic Bond Fund

Over the past few months fixed income markets witnessed a slew of events with continued liquidity support from RBI, announcement of additional gross market borrowing by central government, new 10 Yr G-Sec auction, fiscal stimulus package and finally the bi-monthly monetary policy.

SCIENTIFIC PROOF OF MIRACLES OF PRAYER

The Science of Prayer – Prayer is the tuning of our mind, our personality, our understanding of ourselves to God or the divinity within us

Tilting the balance: CIO's Desk July 2020 from Tata Mutual Fund

As we approach market levels which are now only 10% below the pre-Covid levels, there are questions which this newsletter seeks to answer apart from making sense of what has happened so far in the markets.

RETIREMENT PLANNING – ADDRESSING KEY CHALLENGES USING A DUAL APPROACH

Indian retirees often get stuck between safety of capital and guaranteed income on one hand and, beating inflation, growing the corpus and making it last over the lifetime, on the other hand. A dual approach using a judicious mix of fixed income bearing instruments, market-linked debt mutual funds and dynamic asset allocation funds might help in ensuring that money doesn’t come in the way of your dream retirement

Protocols and checklists help in saving lives and in managing money too

The first line of defence against Covid 19 has turned out to be the simple practice of washing hands.

National Pension System: Features, benefits to know before investing in NPS

National Pension System (NPS) is a pension plan managed by the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) and is gaining popularity among investors primarily because of some tax modifications made in the scheme and the returns generated by the pension fund managers.

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Financial Planning

Myths And Mistakes To Avoid While Buying Health And Life Insurance

Buying a health insurance policy for self and family is considered to be the first step in the financial planning process. Still, many of us ignore it citing lame reasons.

Don't Shy Away From The Debt Funds, Understand The Risk

There is a saying that ‘Challenging times teach us important lessons!’.

Is This A Good Time To Purchase A House?

At a time when many people are losing their jobs, experiencing salary cuts, or seeing the income from their businesses decline, people are often asking themselves this question:

Preparing for marriage: Here's how to prepare financially before and after tying the knot

If you start saving from the moment you start working, you don’t actually have to depend on your parents to fund your wedding and, more importantly, can look forward to a financially secure future.

Why Invest for the Long Term?

Investing can be considered as an easy task for anyone but generating the desired returns on your investments is not that simple.

MARKET GAINS MOMENTUM!

What should equity mutual fund investors do now?

IRDAI instructs inclusion of telemedicine in claim settlement of policy

In view of the ongoing pandemic, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI), in one of its series of circulars issued on June 11, 2020, has advised all health and general insurers to include telemedicine as part of their claim settlement of policy.

Heart Healthy Diet

Recommendations of American Heart Association and British Heart foundation

Aspirations and the pursuit of lifestyle upgrade

There could be close to 9 million species in the world as per various estimates by scientists. These mind-boggling numbers point to biodiversity of our planet.

India's Forex reserve at $500 billion is now 5th largest in the world

India’s foreign exchange reserves rose by $1.27 billion and reached $506.83.

How To Cope With Extreme Market Volatility?

The week gone by (March 9-13, 2020) has been an extremely volatile one for stock market investors. The Sensex lost 2,919 points on Thursday (March 12), wiping out of Rs. 11.4 trillion in investor wealth within a day.

Water: The Elixir Of Life

Rigveda says: “Water contains all disease-dispelling medicaments useful for the upkeep of our body, so that we may live long to enjoy the bright sun that there is ambrosia in waters, there is healing balm in them, and there are medicinal herbs, know this all, and by their proper use become wiser.”

WHY TO PLAN YOUR RETIREMENT NOW BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE

We all like to plan for the future. From planning the day ahead to planning a vacation, it’s a good thing to plan for something well in advance. But, when it comes to planning for one’s retirement, not many show the same inclination. Hardly surprising, therefore, that a retirement survey conducted in the past showed that nearly 78 percent of Indians had not even started planning for their retirement.

WHEN MARKETS HIT ROCK BOTTOM, SAIL UP WITH YOUR SIP

The world is undergoing COVID-19 impact and the market has been vulnerable to it too. The markets crashed around the world and are looking to enter a recession. The S&P and BSE Sensex benchmark has fallen from a high of 42,000 in January to 25,000. Crude oil price have also staggered. The scenario might look nightmarish, but it is not so.

SIP & Market Correction

The epidemic COVID 19 has affected the entire human mankind & no market across the globe has remain unaffected, in fact the correction is sharper that the Lehman crisis of 2008.