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Mutual Funds: Every Investor's Tax Planning Tool
2 minutes
When it comes to different investment options in India, fixed deposits (FD) top the popularity charts. It is not unusual to find people having invested in them for all kinds of needs, be it those for the longer-term or to meet imminent needs. Unfortunately, this often means ignoring four potent dangers faced by FDs.
Mutual funds are Beneficial to Retirees.
1 minute
It is a fine balance every investor needs to achieve. We need to pay the taxes due from us. Yet, we need to plan our taxes especially on our investments. The idea is to make more money available for growth so that we save ample amounts for future needs. But how does one do that?
5 Principles of Equity Investing
1 minute
What is Equity Investing?
Equity investing refers to investments in equity shares of different companies. When one invest in equity, one becomes a part-owner of such a company. As such, equity investing allows investors to participate in the growth story of different companies.
5 Principles Of Equity Investing
5 Investing Myths
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5 Investing Myths
Myths concerning investing tend to be costly. They can lead you to take too much risk, or too little. Worse still, may cause you to avoid investing altogether.Granted, investing is not an easy endeavour. But by busting certain myths, you can at least venture on the straight path.
5 Insights From John Bogle
1 minute
5 Dos For Rookie Investors
3 minutes
India is a nation of savers, but such savings find their way into different investments, including traditional investment products, real estate, mutual funds, and cash. When one has just entered into the world of investing, he/ she is more likely to be guided by friends, family, office colleagues, etc.
However, one should also understand the shades of investing and avoid making serious investment mistakes. Here are 5 do’s for rookie investors:
5 Don'ts When Using Star Ratings
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5 Don'ts When Using Star Ratings
When hunting for a fund, star ratings are a great starting point. They provide a composite, visual measure of a fund’s historical risk-adjusted return compared to peers: in any particular category, funds clocking the top-10% risk-adjusted returns get a five-star rating, followed by the next 22.5%, 35%, 22.5% and 10%, respectively, from four to one stars.But they can also be misleading. Here are five don’ts to consider when checking out the 5-star rated funds.
5 Don’ts For Stock Market Investors
1 minute
Buying stocks is not easy. It requires a great amount of leg work. And the entire exercise is complicated by emotion. But it is possible to benefit from specific equities in your investment portfolio. Here are some cautionary moves before you sink your money into stocks.
5 Behavioural Pitfalls
1 minute
As much as anything else, successful investing requires something perhaps even more rare: the ability to identify and overcome one's own psychological weaknesses.In this article, we focus on how the insights from the field of behavioural finance can benefit individual investors. Primarily, we're interested in how we can learn to spot and correct investing mistakes in order to yield greater profits.