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Domestic consumption is one of the most important themes of the India Growth Story. Young population and high proportion of working population are the structural demand drivers that distinguish us from other large emerging markets, as far as consumption...

Personal finance bloggers often give hypothetical examples of wealth creation to demonstrate the power of compounding in equity. Here is a real example -If you had invested Rs 1 lakh in Birla Sun Life Tax Relief 96 Fund at its inception around twenty...

Balanced Funds are hybrid equity oriented mutual funds. Minimum equity allocation in these funds is 65% and the rest in debt instruments. Being an equity oriented mutual fund, Balanced Funds enjoy equity taxation. Apart from the long term capital gains...

The Indian stock market made its all-time high a few days back, with the Nifty scaling the 10,000 points mark. The market has been rallying from the beginning of this year and breaching the 10,000 level on the Nifty was seen as an important...

Of the various Tax saving options under Section 80C of Income Tax Act 1961, mutual fund Equity Linked Savings Schemes (ELSS) have the maximum wealth creation potential over a long investment horizon. Equity Linked Savings...

When it comes to digital banking in India, the industry in India was lagging behind many developing nations until recently. That was because of legacy systems, huge costs of running branches, and out-dated technology that could notbe upgraded and...

If you are an avid follower of content on the internet or investment-savvy or always keep yourself updated with the latest news, you would have known that Paytm has come up with the concept of investing in digital gold. Yes, you heard that right – from digital or...

Some of our readers may have heard about and even used robo-advisors for making mutual fund investments. Robo-advisors are now very popular in developed countries like the United States and though robo-advisory is still...

Balanced funds have at least 65% asset allocation in equity or equity related securities and the remaining portion in fixed income securities. Fixed income (or debt) as an asset class is subject to less price volatility relative to equity and therefore...

Most people in India usually do not take retirement planning very seriously until they reach middle age (mid 40s or early 50s). In the past, people lived in joint families, lifestyles were simple and small savings interest rates were high...