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Looking To Buy HEALTH INSURANCE

Know these 5 key things for a better claim settlement

Investing in ELSS tax saving mutual funds in the new tax regime What to do?

Investors who have been investing in equity-linked savings scheme (ELSS) are contemplating whether investing in them still makes sense in the new tax regime? Taxpayers, who will opt for the new tax regime from the financial year 2020-21, are most likely to have an investible surplus in their hands.

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FINANCIAL PLANNING

WANT TO MEET YOUR CHILD'S EDUCATION NEEDS AT THE RIGHT TIME?

Here is how a Child Insurance Plan comes handy

THE STOIC INVESTOR

For an investor, to predict the future change in the stock price, he/she needs to have better (more accurate) expectations about the future earnings and risks pertaining to the security than the consensus.

Market Outlook

Market Outlook

Know the Tax benefits on Life Insurance & Health Insurance Premiums

Most financial planners will ask you to cover the risks before starting to invest a single penny.

How to deal with irrationality in your financial life?

Traditional economics was based on the assumption that human beings are perfectly rational.

FOODS THAT FIGHT FAT

“We eat food to live but wrong food eats us” - There is a famous proverb in Germany that we eat food to survive but wrong food eats our body.

ELSS ULIPS NPS

Secure your long-term goals and retirement with these 3 tax saving investments

8 Financial Lessons Learnt Over The Decades

As we embark on yet another decade, I was reminded of the past; the decades that have passed since I started my career. I was able to reflect on how my financial journey has evolved over the time and my learning from it. While my middle-class moorings always made me conscious about saving money, my professional journey introduced me to investing very early in my life.

How To Select The Right Health Insurance Plan?

Find out before you buy health cover

₹ BUDGET 2020

What’s In Store For Salaried Individuals & Investors?

INDIA the Foreign Direct Investment Magnet

Today, India is one of the premiere destinations for investment. India toppled US and China in 2015 to become the top investment grosser in the world and since then has been a ‘sweet spot’ for the foreign investors. While presenting Budget 2020, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said India has received massive foreign direct investment worth $284 billion during 2014-19 from $190 billion that came in during the years 2009-14.

MIRACLES OF DRUGLESS CELLULAR HEALING

Cancerous Tumour Melts without Medical Treatment

Financial Well-Being

Courtesy my long career of over three decades as head of a financial products distribution Company, I interacted with tens of thousands of clients from all walks of life, professionals, retired, highly paid executives, Company owners, inheritors, young recently married couples, single parents and the list is endless.

How mutual fund SIPs help you save for long term goals

To start investing in equity mutual funds, one is often asked to save through SIP.

ELSS: Combine High Return with Tax Saving

In February you will have to submit proof of tax-saving investments in your office. Ideally, you should have started making these investments from the beginning of the financial year. But if you have not done so yet, you still have some time. One category you must definitely consider is equity linked savings schemes (ELSS), popularly known as tax-saver funds.

Are You A Left-Brain Thinker Or A Right-Brain Thinker?

US Biologist Roger Sperry and his colleagues were awarded the Nobel Prize for their detailed studies on the brain, which demonstrated that the brain is divided into two hemispheres - Left and Right, which specialize in different tasks.

Thumb Rules that help you make asset allocation decisions simple

Till the recent past, all of us had a family doctor who had this amazing ability to predict how long a fever would last, that too without conducting any medical test.

Revival of Economy

Amidst precarious global growth, India’s GDP growth plummeted to a 6-year low of 5% in Q1,FY20.

Know the mutual fund basics before investing in them

Mutual funds are fast becoming the first choice of the millennial.

How Ulips can work to your advantage: Know the fund options and transparency of charges

Unit linked insurance plan (Ulip) is an investment-linked life insurance plan that combines investment and protection.

HOW MUCH OF TAX DO YOU NEED TO SAVE: FIND OUT

HOW MUCH OF TAX DO YOU NEED TO SAVE: FIND OUT

Diversify to Minimize Portfolio Risk

With both the global and the Indian economy set to slow down, Indian investors should take exposure to international equity funds and gold

New Bike Insurance Rules And How To Avoid Penalties Under Motor Vehicle Act

As a two-wheeler owner, while you were zooming around on the roads, the insurance regulator has brought about certain changes in the insurance rules.

How Marriage Can Change Your Financial Need

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Thumb Rules That Help You Make Asset Allocation Decisions Simple

Till the recent past, all of us had a family doctor who had this amazing ability to predict how long a fever would last, that too without conducting any medical test.

Should You Invest In Value Funds?

Some portion of your equity portfolio should be invested in these funds for the sake of style diversity

Post Office Small Savings schemes offering higher interest rate than bank fixed deposits: Choose as per your goal

With Reserve Bank of India cutting repo rate by 135 basis points till now in 2019, the fixed deposit rates are bound to come down as well.