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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.

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