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FINtastic TALKS: UNRAVEL, “THE ART OF PUTTING YOUR MONEY TO WORK FOR YOU IN THE POST-PANDEMIC WORLD”

The FINtastic Talks with Sanjiv Bajaj in conversation with Nilesh Shah

Central Bank Digital Currency: How Is It Shaping Up?

India is set to welcome its own digital currency in the near future. What are the building blocks of the reserve bank of india’s central bank digital currency and what will the path to a CBDC look like?

INVESTMENTS AND MONEY MANAGEMENT EXERCISE TO DO AT START OF FINANCIAL YEAR

Start of a new financial year marks the beginning of several new related to your investments and tax planning. Financial year 2022-23 starts from April 1 and ends on March 31, 2023 thus giving you 12 months to plan your personal investments and taxes.

LEVERAGING OPPORTUNITIES INHERENT IN HOUSING

Are you thinking of diversifying your assets in line with the market indications? Is it time for your annual assessment and rebalancing exercise? Are you positive on the potential in the Indian housing sector, given how many people are investing in new properties? If you answered yes to any one of the above questions, you should consider harnessing the opportunities inherent in housing as a theme. And if you have not considered the option yet, it is time to take a close look at the underlying potential in the booming housing sector in India.

SMOKING REDUCES 20-25 YEARS OF ONE'S LIFE

According to Dr. Rory Collins of Oxford University, smoking can reduce 20-25 years of one’s life. Speaking on the role of Tobacco and Diabetes in causing Cardiovascular Disease, at the 54th conference of the Cardiological Society of India (CSI) in Kochi recently, Dr. Collins said, “Non-smokers have got greater life expectancy than those who smoke.”

There's Value In Large-Cap Stocks

The ongoing market correction has pushed most of the large-cap stocks lower into a range that would but naturally excite long-term investors. In fact, this correction has pushed the broader market into an attractive zone as well. Yogesh Supekar highlights why large-caps should be preferred at this point of time in the context of emerging volatility

Power Of Good Financial Habits

“People do not decide their futures, they decide their habits and their habits decide their futures.” The above quote from F.M. Alexander has struck a chord with me for various reasons. Among other things, I think, the power of good habits in the world of finance is often ignored or not given its due importance as a force which can help in long-term wealth creation. Investors predominantly tend to focus on the technical aspects of finance, current market trends, trying to decode what the experts are saying on news channels, etc. However, I would argue that adopting good financial habits alone is a sufficient condition for a lay investor to secure his or her financial future.

Here's How To Invest And Do Tax Planning With Equity Linked Savings Scheme (ELSS) In April

Start of a financial year is apt for planning for your tax saving investments. Of the various tax saving investments, equity linked savings scheme (ELSS), essentially a mutual fund scheme with tax benefits suits the most for someone looking to save tax by investing in the stock market.

All That You Need To Know About Health Insurance Plans Before Buying Them

The right amount of health insurance coverage goes a long way in keeping your investments and life goals on track. In the absence of health insurance, one may have to dip into existing investments thus jeopardising the goals such as children education, home buying etc. Buying health insurance has always been looked upon as a risk mitigating tool to tackle increasing medical costs.

How To Prepare Your Financial Portfolio For The New Financial Year

A new financial year has arrived. This is a good time to conduct the annual checkup of your portfolio to ensure that it is in good shape and ready for the challenges of the coming year. Here are some broad guidelines you should follow for constructing a new portfolio, or realigning an old portfolio.

What you must know about LIC

LIC's IPO may hit the Street soon. Here are some facts and figures that will help you assess this insurance behemoth.

Your annual dose of Buffett's wit & wisdom

Insightful excerpts from Warren Buffett's annual letter for 2021 to the shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway

Who do sanctions serve?

The US has imposed crushing sanctions on Russia to punish the latter's aggression against Ukraine. But it's not the target alone that is affected by such sanctions.

The confidence trick

Markets fall and then rise. And with them, many stocks fall and rise again.

INDIA'S MOST WANTED MID CAPS

COMPANIES AT THE TOP OF THE LISTS

A crude story

Major events impacting crude-oil prices over the last 50 years

"Volatility is a part and parcel of mid-cap investing'

INTERVIEW: ANIRUDDHA NAHA Head Equity PGIM India Mutual Fund

Busting Popular Macroeconomic Myths

Are rising rates bad for the market and is high inflation bad for quality stocks?

Your Investment Options In The Life-Insurance Space

As the LIC IPO approaches, here's how the three listed life insurers compare with each other

How to file a life-insurance claim

Our regular readers know the importance we attach to life insurance and buying an adequate term plan for that. But what about making a claim when the need arises?

WAR & INVESTING

What to do and what not to

How should a 39-year-old start his equity journey?

Vivek has so far invested only in fixed-income instruments. Now he wants to start investing in equities. Here's what he should do.

A convenient gateway to new companies

Edelweiss Recently Listed IPO Fund invests in IPOs and newly listed companies. Here are its pros and cons.

'In July 2021, my portfolio crossed the magical figure of eight digits'

Sandeep Nagpal's wealth-creation journey explains how sticking to investing principles rewards in the long term

A missed opportunity

AMCs have disclosed the Potential Risk Class matrices for their debt schemes. Only two AMCs have made good use of this mandatory risk disclosure.

BUILD ALLOCATION TO GOLD AMID GROWING GEOPOLITICAL UNCERTAINTY

Fixed Income

MULTI ASSET - A SUPERIOR INVESTMENT STRATEGY FOR CURRENT TIMES

Over the last decade, we have witnessed easy liquidity conditions and rate cuts by global central banks which created a conducive environment for equity markets to perform.

MIND THE GAP

Financial Planning

HERE'S WHAT EQUITY MUTUAL FUND INVESTORS MAY DO WHEN STOCK MARKET SENSES CORRECTION

2022 began with a lot of hope as far as the equity market is concerned. On the back of spectacular returns since the second half of 2020 and later in 2021, the expectations were high for the stock market to continue its run. However, the stock market is not a one-way street and prices go up and down. The good news is that any dips and corrections in the market are used by smart investors as an opportunity to buy more. Afterall, buying low-selling high remains the best move forward in the equity market.

SAVE FOR LONG TERM GOALS WITH UNIT-LINKED INSURANCE PLAN – KNOW BENEFITS, FEATURES AND HOW ULIPS WORK

Life Insurance