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Advisors and experts often mention that equity mutual funds are idle for investments as they provide long term capital gains and some schemes especially the ones under ELSS category qualify for tax rebate under Section 80C. The dividends received...

Yesterday we discussed the first 6 rules in the Part 1 of the article 12 Rules for Investing Successfully. Here is the 2nd part. In ‘Rules of Investment Success-I’ you read about all the steps that you must take as an investor...

Warren Buffet called investments to be a second source of income. Times may have changed and we may like to call ourselves modern but we still earn the traditional way i.e. from one pay cheque to another. We usually...

We all look forward to our retirement days when we will have time on our hands and lazy days stretching ahead. We will finally live life on our own terms without the iron hand of a schedule to intimidate us and to fasten...

Now it is time to live life king size with no more a list of goals to fulfill. Your life is going to be more than just a list of goals that has to be ticked off. No more living from one goal to another. You can pursue all hobbies that...

Fifties is an interesting decade as you slow down and prepare for a life of retirement. This decade is the most fulfilling decade as you have amassed respectability in your profession. In your personal life your kids...

You may have been repeatedly told that not having a financial plan is a bad plan. If you do not have a concrete plan lined up by your 40s then you may be preparing for a catastrophe. Now you are in your forties and you...

Thirties are a thrilling decade of your life. The life that you were leading in your twenties may have felt clueless. The advent of thirties brings with it a sense of direction. You feel sure about where you stand in life and in which...

Advertisements and billboards have you convinced that you have entered the most happening period of your life: the 20’s. You start the 20’s with zeal to change your life, figure out the purpose and aim of life, go...

You may have heard of the saying, “Do not put all your eggs in one basket”. That is exactly what asset allocation is, not putting all your eggs in one basket. Asset allocation through mutual funds is an investment strategy...