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The equity market has suffered very badly since the outbreak of Coronavirus pandemic. The Sensex has already fallen 25% this year and more pain is expected in coming weeks and months. Almost all industry sectors are in the red with one exception, healthcare. The S&P BSE Healthcare TRI is already up 16% on a year to date...

Investors, who have trading accounts with equity broking firms, receive text message or emails from their brokers every day, recommending which stocks to buy or sell. When they tune into a business news channel...

In our last few posts in this series we had discussed how SIPs in best diversified equity funds, best mid and small cap funds, best ELSS Funds, best thematic funds and best large cap funds have created wealth for the investors in the long term...

The Narendra Modi Government in India has, since its inception, made infrastructure, the most important priority area, as far as fiscal policy is concerned. Budgetary allocations to infrastructure are on an increasing trend since the current Government...

As investors we often get deterred away from the right investment choices because we hear the popular opinion concerning the instrument. Popular opinions are mostly formed on half baked truth. Hence, they exist...

In the previous two articles in the tax planning series, we had explored investment options allowed under Section 80C, as permissible deductions from taxable income to determine tax obligation for the taxpayer...

The true meaning of the word Life Insurance made sense to me when my neighbour Raghu suddenly expired one morning. Raghu met with a sudden heart attack and declared dead on arrival at hospital. His family had no clues as to what to do in a...

I constantly see financial advisors share information about various Funds performances, Funds beating their respective benchmarks by huge margin and funds giving 80-100 times return in X no. of years. That leaves me thinking how does...

There are plenty of reasons to be optimistic about Indian equities. The Lok Sabha election has given an historic verdict. For the first time since 1984, a single party has an absolute majority in the Parliament. This...

The whole world is going through the worst crisis in several decades due to rapid spread of Coronavirus. Many countries including India are in lockdown and stock markets all over the world have crashed. The Sensex is down 35% this year, but there are many examples of severe market downturns in the past (see the chart below)...