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In the previous two articles in our life insurance series, we had discussed how to determine how much life insurance cover you need and how to choose a life insurance provider based on various metrics. Each of...

We are almost in the final month of the current tax assessment year. You can claim deductions of up to Rs 1.50 Lakhs from your taxable income by investing in schemes eligible under Section 80C of Income Tax Act 1961. In order to claim...

Your vehicle is probably one of the most expensive things you own in your life. Car Insurance also known asMotor Insurance protects this asset and helps you cope with financial loss caused by accidents, damage or theft of your car. Another reason for...

About less than a decade ago, buying and selling a product online was quite unthinkable. However, in today’s era where e-Tailing is more popular with the youth than retailing, CDs shops and bookstores are shutting down by the dozens, screen...

The problems faced by small independent financial advisors in trying to grow their business are quite a few. These problems are not unlike the problems, which many small businesses face when they try to scale up...

The equity market has been very volatile in the last two months, with the Nifty falling 1,000 points from its all-time high. Midcap and small cap stocks have been underperforming for more than a year now. Nifty Midcap 100 Index has fallen...

Axis Flexi Cap Fund (formerly Axis Multi-cap Fund) completed 3 years in November 2020. 3 year performance period is usually a good horizon to evaluate the performance of a fund. The chart below shows the growth of Rs 10,000 in the scheme since its inception. You can see that the scheme was able to...

Though there is growing awareness about taking health and life insurance in India, an astonishingly high number of people still do not believe in taking insurance. Of these, some rely on their company-sponsored insurance policy. The others may decide to...

Mutual fund reclassification directive by SEBI has brought a lot of clarity about different types of mutual funds for investors. In our view, retail investors had little awareness about different types of debt mutual funds and were often confused...

So the next time someone tells you "looks are deceiving", "all that glisters is not gold", "it is not what it looks like", do not dismiss it as a cliche All that is a cliche stems from the truth. Even though we often dismiss...