There are advantages of being a woman – both financially and other wise. But this post focuses on the advantages the women have in the financial world. Income Tax Benefit: Under the current tax regime, women pay less tax than men. For the present financial year (2011 – 12), the tax exemption limit for women [...]
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Motilal Oswal is the latest mutual fund house to join the gold rush by launching its gold ETF (Exchange Traded Fund) – Motilal Oswal MOSt Shares Gold ETF. This is already a crowded space with more than a dozen gold ETFs, but is Motilal Oswal MOSt Shares Gold ETF different than already existing Gold ETFs [...]
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IDFC Mutual Fund has announced the re-opening of IDFC Premier Equity Fund for new subscriptions, with effect from March 1, 2012. Units will be available at the applicable NAV. Last time, it was opened on March 31, 2011. So whats so great about it? IDFC Premier Equity Fund is one of the best mid cap [...]
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With more than 1000 Mutual Funds, how do you select the best Mutual Funds for you? Ask the experts! Mint newspaper comes out with a list of 50 Mutual Funds every year. Below is the list of Mutual Funds for 2012 (Mint50) along with the reasons for recommendation. Equity – LargeCap DSP BlackRock – Top [...]
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Go Digital! is the buzzword today and most of companies are aggressively going online. Today you can buy books to insurance, everything on net. Thankfully Indian regulators are not behind. Weather you are investor or consumer, you can register your grievances and complaints online and rest would be taken care by regulators. Here’s a brief on [...]
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Mutual Funds can be a powerful vehicle to get FInacial Freedom. There are several websites, blogs and magazines dedicated to the same. But do you know different channels through which you can invest in Mutual Funds? There are mainly 6 channels Demat Account Through financial advisors, banks, agents Online through respective Mutual Fund Sites Direct [...]
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You see Sachin Tendulkar recommending Aviva Insurance Plans Virendra Sehwag sharing his fears in Birla Sunlife Insurance Ads Amitabh Bachhan (the “Vijay”) urging you to buy Max New York Lifes’ – Max Vijay and latest to join is Pantaloons Femina Miss India 2009 pageant, Ekta Chaudhary for Bajaj Allianz But try to recall have you [...]
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If you are a regular investor in Mutual Funds or equities, you always wished that you could invest more when the market were low and invest less when the markets are high. But it’s a known fact that timing the market is impossible. So the next best thing for an investor is to invest regularly [...]
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Are you the one who cannot keep track of all your investments? You get statement every quarter & struggle to keep it safe and then you cannot find it when actually you need it. Well sounds a familiar situation for most of us. But now tracking Mutual Fund Investments have become a lot easier. Karvy [...]
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I found this intersting Question and the corresponding answer on Business Standard & ValueResearchOnline I had invested in ELSS (equity linked savings scheme) funds one year before, but I have not claimed this investment while filing for return. Can I withdraw from the ELSS, though the three-year lock-in is not complete? ELSS are tax-saving funds, [...]
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SIP (Systematic Investment Plan) is one of the best things that happened for Retail Mutual Fund Investors. We have read multiple times that SIP is the way to build wealth in the long run and so on. And I could not agree more. But then are Mutual Funds going overboard by offering Daily SIP? Let’s [...]
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In response to my previous post about Tax Savings Mutual Fund, I got a query – While investing in an ELSS which option should I choose – Growth, Dividend Payout or Dividend Reinvestment? This is a question that haunts most of the new/ First time investors. Actually the problem is most of us don’t know [...]
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The good news is SEBI the regulatory body for Mutual Funds has been very active for last few months and this has favoured small Mutual Fund investors most of the time. A few days back it passed on a notification which essentially has five major changes. Let’s see how each one of it affect the [...]
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