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Care For A COVER?

Go for a specific health insurance plan that ensures to pay for entire treatment and acts as a saviour during a loss of income

AN ABACUS FOR HER JIGSAW OF LIFE

Like it or not, rural women may be financially savvier than their urban sisters. Microlenders educate the former with the math of money to help them live better and realise their dreams

A Fit-For-All Cover Waiting To Be Unveiled

IRDAI has standardised the terms and conditions and inclusion and exclusions for life and non-life cover policies to offer subscribers a perfect entry-level package that would promote insurance penetration in India

Seek A Career, Not A Job

Reinvent, redefine, restrategise, re-learn after un-learning, and refocus in the post-pandemic world. Take the right lessons

There's No Age For Investment

A 93-year-old Army General changes his traditional outlook and starts investing in different asset classes to reap robust returns

Selling Life Breathing Life

The largest public issue in the history of India’s capital market is expected later this year with an estimated value of ₹1 lakh crore. The LIC IPO will give the individual investor an opportunity to be part of one of the biggest and oldest brands of the country that is built solely on trust and confidence

Retire, and Earn More

There are products, where either the income or maturiry amount is tax-free. Retirees, who receive lump sums, can take a close look

Instant Trap of Unsecured Loans

Don’t get tricked by fast-money scam. For a week’s loan of ₹1,000, you may have to repay ₹1,150, or an annual interest of 780 per cent. And if you fail, harassment and humiliation await your family, friends, and colleagues

Earn, Don't Look After

Money Bollywood actor Ratna Pathak Shah seeks advice from her brother-in-law and bank’s relationship manager

Cost Is The Key

New-age ULIPs are offering big ticket discounts to lure millennials. There’s a fear of hidden costs

Till Debt Do Us Apart

It’s an investigation into the snare and snarl of debt, deceit, and deception. It led to the vilification of thousands of borrowers, and a dozen suicides. The regulators and industry experts were caught napping

TICK THESE BOXES FOR HASSLE-FREE CLAIMS SETTLEMENT

While insurers strive towards paying all genuine claims at the earliest, customers should take a few measures to avoid repudiation and ensure hassle-free claims settlement

A Speck of Gold Every Month

Investing ₹500 a month can help the rural poor finish their gold rush

The Cryptic Crypto-World

Digital currency is the new asset category. But risks are high due to volatility, lack of

Common Man's Wishlist

FM needs to hike deductions under 80D, and lower capital gains tax

In Cold Storage?

Logistics stocks zoomed due to news about COVID-19 vaccines. But adverse political and financial factors may reverse the trend

Don't Back These Buys

Buybacks help you to save taxes and earn premiums over market prices. But if you participate in them, they can eliminate the possibilities of higher profits later

One Size Doesn't Fit All

The new standard term insurance plan is easy to understand, and perfect for first-time buyers and low-income individuals. But the sum assured is low, and it is a pure-risk plan

Greater Expectations

FM has to decide whether to feel optimistic or pessimistic about the future. Either way, she has to focus on reforms and growth

Education redefined

Multi-skilling is the new trend in globalised PhyGital learning

2021: Year Of Small-Caps?

Smaller stocks may outperform the others this year. The rise can be 30 percent more than in headline indices

Cashing In On Real Estate

The first and foremost thing to keep in mind before adding real estate to the investment portfolio is that “it is not an extremely liquid investment.”

Are You Cyber Secure?

Your bank accounts, and details of credit and debit cards can be up for sale on the dark web. Run for cover, quickly

Missed The Bus? Wait For Next One

In the short run, one could follow the money flow into stocks. Once corrections revalue prices, opportunities may open up

SENSEX-30 OR BSE-500

The rally, which was hitherto restricted to large-caps, has begun to spread to mid-caps and small-caps. But volatility will continue and this will not be a completely secular boom

Money Spinning Mid Caps?

With stringent regulatory compliances, large companies are likely to grow and smaller ones may get wiped out, but mid-sized ones to offer much hope, says Dhiraj Relli, Managing Directors, HDFC Securities, during an interview with Yagnesh Kansara and Debjoy Sengupta. Edited excerpts.

Protect Your Child

Start early in building a healthy corpus for your kid’s future

Money Smart

Teach your child how to manage pocket money and achieve goals. Time to inculcate financial discipline

Living The Dream

Multi-skilling in modern technologies is the in thing leading to blend of inter-disciplinary career choices

Come, Join The IPO Party

Be careful not to get a hangover. There are highs, and profits to be made. But the path to the riches is full of obstacles. Don't seek mere listing gains, and don't get swayed by grey market premiums