The Indian financial year just went by and you must have done your last minute topping of 80C, paid your medical premium, got your rent agreement in place, reviewed your Housing Loan papers, got your Form 16 – and would be preparing for filing your return, right? Well it is a good time to visit […]
Let us see what happens when a HNI wants to build a debt portfolio of his balance sheet! If you see the post ‘all debt products’ – I have enumerated all the mutual fund debt products..if you have not seen that post done on 4 Feb, 2014 please visit that post first… Why only a […]
Is it safer to invest in shares through IPOs? Not at all. In fact it is riskier to invest through IPOs. IPOs are priced by professionals to get the best price possible for the promoter of a company. So the odds are against the investor and works in favor of the professional. So chances of […]
It might be easier to get a father to talk about sex with his daughter than talk money! If you thought that Sex was the only topic that Indian families did not talk at the dining table, think again. I guess it is money. Why do people not talk money? They are either too shy […]
If your financial planner told you “The longer your time horizon, the more stocks you should own”. You need to tell him “Time isn’t everything. You must also consider I am a broker in the life insurance business!” It’s one of the basic rules of thumb: The more years you have to recoup losses, the […]
What are the debt instruments that you can invest in? As an Indian you have a lot of choice as far as debt is concerned. You should look for the following when you are looking for a debt instrument: 1. Who is the issuer: the Government, Municipalities, Public sector companies, Private sector companies, – including […]