Do you want to know what are the historical gold and silver prices in India? Then here are the average price of Gold (Rs per 10 grams) and Silver (Rs per 1 kg) in Indian domestic markets. Have a look…
Read More Historical Gold & Silver Rates in India (since 1970-71) – Updated 2021
If you invest in IPOs in India (2022), you would have heard the term IPO Grey Market and Grey Market Premium (or GMP) in IPO. So… What is Grey Market Premium in IPO?Why are many IPO investors so eager to…
A few months back, when the Indian government announced cryptocurrency taxation in India, there was some cheer from the crypto community as it indirectly meant that the authorities were okay with cryptocurrencies. Though 30% tax on capital gains left a…
Read More 1% TDS and 30% Tax – Does Bitcoin Trading make sense Or HODLing is better?
While the technical concept of NFTs has been around for a while, it was in the year 2021 that the trend suddenly caught up. I read somewhere that total NFT sales (tracked officially) shot up to almost $25-30 Billion last…
There is an advertisement doing rounds on TV these days. In one, a shattered-looking person is talking to a celebrity cricketer telling him how he took unnecessary risks, gambled into stock tips and lost all the money. This does send…
Read More Casinos can be Fun. But Investing shouldn’t be like going to a Casino
The IPO market of 2021 was a record-breaker of sorts. Never has so much money been raised via IPOs in a given year. If I remember correctly, Indian companies raised more than Rs 1.15 lakh crore (or almost $16 billion)…
In this article, I talk about how one can use Rs 2 Crore retirement corpus to generate regular monthly income as well as invest it properly so that I can last for decades. The idea is to divide the corpus…
Read More Retiring with Rs 2 crore Corpus. How to invest for regular Monthly Income & Growth?
There is an enigma about Bitcoin. Not just because of its mysterious origin (by someone named Satoshi), but because it’s the first successful and now the leading implementation of the whole idea of having a decentralized currency. As with everything…
Read More Investment Models used by HODLers to decide when to buy Bitcoin?
It’s finally here. Here is all that you want to know about the LIC IPO 2022: LIC IPO shall be open from 4-9 May 2022 LIC shares will list on 17 May 2022 The IPO size is Rs 21,000 Crore.…
Read More Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) IPO 2022 – All You Need to Know
Both Nifty50 and Sensex are bellwether indices of Indian markets. And if you are a passive investor looking to pick between Sensex or Nifty50 index funds, then as I wrote in the article - Sensex vs Nifty, both options are good…
When we decide to invest in stock markets, we also need to accept that volatility will be part and parcel of this journey. It’s a lot like driving. At times, you will find empty highways where you can drive fast.…
Read More 5 Strategies to help You deal with Market Volatility in 2022 (and beyond)
I was recently quoted in Economic Times WEALTH (18-24 April 2022) in the Q&A section where a panel of experts answers readers' questions related to various aspects of their personal finances. This one was about how a senior couple can…
Read More Quoted (Economic Times) – Apr 2022 (2nd) – How to Deploy Retirement Corpus?
Retirement is a boring topic for those who are decades away from it. But ask those who are about to retire in a few years and they will regret not starting early with retirement planning/ Don’t get me wrong here.…
I was recently quoted in Economic Times WEALTH (11-17 April 2022) in the Q&A section where a panel of experts answers readers' questions related to various aspects of their personal finances. This one was about which SIPs to pick for…
Read More Quoted (Economic Times) – Apr 2022 – Choosing mutual fund for SIP
Do you remember what happened in Indian markets on 23rd March 2020? It was the day when the markets had their biggest one-day crash ever. Here is what the end of the day index returns looked like: Different indices crashed…
Read More 23 March 2020 – The Great Market Crash (Nifty & Sensex)
