The government has announced a new one-time female-specific small savings scheme - Mahila Samman Saving Certificates. This will have a tenure of 2 years where women or girls can deposit unto Rs 2 lakh for a period of 2 years…
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The Budget 2023 has brough some good news for senior citizens. The maximum investment limit of Senior Citizen Savings Scheme (SCSS) has been increased from Rs 15 lakh to Rs 30 lakh now. With the doubling of SCSS limit to…
Read More SCSS Limit Increased to Rs 30 lakh (from old Rs 15 lakh) in Budget 2023
I was recently quoted in Economic Times WEALTH (30 January 2023) in the Q&A section where a panel of experts answers readers' questions related to various aspects of their personal finances. . The exact question is given below - Here…
Read More Quoted (Economic Times) – Jan 2023 – 58-Year Old Planning for Retirement Income from 2024
SEBI has released a detailed study of the Individual traders’ analysis of Profit and Loss in Equity Futures & Options (F&O). The result are not surprising as we all know that very few traders genuinely make any money. A whopping…
Read More 89% Traders Lose Money in F&O in India – SEBI Study (2022-23)
The latest update for 2023 Life Insurance Claim Settlement Ratio has been published by IRDA (link). If you are looking for the highest claim settlement ratio in life insurance or the best life insurance company in 2023 (based on claim…
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AMFI has announced that all AMCs or mutual funds will now move to T+2 redemption payment cycle for equity funds. What this means is that going forward, under the T+2 redemption cycle, the money from redemption will be credited to…
Read More Get Money Faster on Selling Equity Funds. MF move to T+2 Cycle.
What is Digital Rupee or E Rupee? How to load and use E Rupee for digital transactions in India (2023)? Difference eRupee vs IMPS, NEFT RTGS.
What are RBI Green Bonds (2023)? India is issuing its first Sovereign Green Bonds or RBI Green Bonds (SGrB) in 2023. So what are these RBI sovereign green bonds? These Sovereign Green Bonds, popularly known as RBI India Climate Bonds,…
Read More What are RBI Green Bonds (or Sovereign SGrB 2023) in India)?
I was recently quoted in Business Standard (11 Jan 2023) in an article titled "A middling first year for silver ETFs; AUM at around Rs 1,500 cr by November 2022". Here is the link to the online version of the…
Read More Quoted (Business Standard) – Jan 2023 – Why Silver ETFs are not becoming popular?
If I remember correctly then there are some research works that prove that most people from low-middle income backgrounds who won a big lottery or jackpot, eventually go back to the same amount of money they had before after a…
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Growing wealth at more than FD rates by investing in stocks, equity funds and real estate.
The last 2 years have not been good for debt fund investors. Returns of almost all debt fund categories (except one) have been low. But this will change, pretty soon.
Know about Gold leasing and future of gold investment. Compare all gold investment options and pick the best one for you.
How have the active largecap funds done compared to their passive counterparts, passive largecap index funds in 2022? Have a look at the data below. And just have a look at the large share of passive index funds in the…
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Here is a listing of all equity funds that are at least 1 year old. The list is sorted on the basis of 2022 returns. Have a look. Or you can search for the funds that you have in portfolio…
