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Category: Personal Finance

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The unrealistic retirement plans of the middle class

Vidya Bala

When an acquaintance of mine did some serious home buying and child education planning with me, he refused to even discuss retirement. He felt the retirement figure I discussed was…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Recommends: HDFC Medium Term Opportunities

Bhavana Acharya

Short on time? Listen to a brief overview of this week’s review. HDFC Medium Term Opportunities is a long-term debt fund. It earns its returns through interest accrued on the…Continue Reading

Think you don’t have enough to invest? You do!

Akash Kapur

Thanks to the general rise in financial awareness and the Mutual Funds Sahi Hai campaign by AMFI, most people now know how important it is to invest in mutual funds.…Continue Reading

7 Reasons to start a SIP

Shweta Nichani

SIP – it’s the word you come across every day, in newspapers, online, hoardings, pamphlets, conversations with friends, colleagues or even neighbours. It seems like the word of the season,…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Recommends: Aditya Birla Sun Life Balanced ‘95

Bhavana Acharya

Short on time? Listen to a brief overview of this week’s review. A new entrant to the Select Funds list in our June quarter review is Aditya Birla Sun Life…Continue Reading

BUT… the three letter word stopping you from becoming wealthy

Shweta Nichani

This three letter word has become such an ingrained part of our lives, we don’t even realize it’s stopping us from growing, from being better than we are. Here are…Continue Reading

Money bag with coins falling in it, with its growth being marked on a scale

The easy way to pick-up a good financial habit

Akash Kapur

It takes anywhere from 18 to 254 days to make or break a new habit, experts say. That means you need to spend at least 18 days (and probably much,…Continue Reading

FDs are not as risk free as you think

Gourav Kumar

SBI, Bank of Baroda and more recently Axis Bank cut their savings bank rate to 3.5%. This may mean that the already low FD rates may also dip further. Most…Continue Reading

How to go from Rs. 35 to Rs. 35,00,000!

Shweta Nichani

Title caught your eye? Well, it’s true. We did the math and you can actually make Rs. 35,00,000 from Rs. 35, and it’s easy! But before we tell you how,…Continue Reading

FundsIndia Recommends: ICICI Prudential Value Discovery

Bhavana Acharya

  Short on time? Listen to a brief overview of this week’s review. [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/337126332″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] ICICI Prudential Value Discovery has long been an investor favourite.…Continue Reading