Category: Personal Finance
Tips and suggestions on managing your finances and investments better
Short-term debt funds continue to offer opportunity
January 28, 2014Markets were a bit shaken but not stirred, by a 25 basis-point repo rate hike by the RBI, perhaps postponed from about a month ago. While the 10-year gilt, the…Continue Reading
FundsIndia Reviews: NFO of DWS Inflation Indexed Bond Fund
January 15, 2014A fund to hedge against inflation Deutsche Mutual (DWS), in a first of its kind, has launched an open-ended debt fund that will predominantly invest in inflation indexed bonds (IIB)…Continue Reading
How to use double indexation to reduce your taxes
January 4, 2014With just 3 months to go before the financial year ends (March 31), you will hear the term, ‘double indexation’ more often, especially in the context of products such as…Continue Reading
2014 – 5 New Year’s resolutions for mutual fund investors
December 27, 2013Tell me; of the many new-year resolutions that most of us have in mind, shedding those extra kilos would surely be one of them? At least for a good number…Continue Reading
Why equity outperforms other asset classes
December 20, 2013Have you ever wondered why equity is universally acknowledged as an asset that delivers superior returns over other asset classes such as debt or gold in the long term? The…Continue Reading
Why you need mutual funds for retirement planning
December 16, 2013For most of you, holding an EPF account with your company or investing separately in PPF could be the only retirement plan in place. This means of saving may have…Continue Reading
Are retail inflation indexed bonds attractive?
December 2, 2013The much-awaited inflation-indexed bonds for retail investors will be out this month. Christened, Inflation Indexed National Savings Securities, these bonds, though, take a slightly different avatar from what was initially…Continue Reading
5 tax planning mistakes that salary earners should avoid
November 27, 2013It’s tax-saving season yet again. But this time, make sure you gain the most from the incentives that the taxman provides while ensuring you do not end up making costly…Continue Reading
Take the gold fund route to wealth building
October 31, 2013With jewelers and banks once again opening up their gold coin sales counter (after they had reduced sales to help curb gold imports), you may be tempted to buy a…Continue Reading
When banks take you for a ride
October 28, 2013A recent opinion article, on banks, in a business daily, prompted me to read the contents of a speech (from which the article had quoted) by Dr. K.C Chakrabarthy, Deputy…Continue Reading
