Posts tagged "Mutual Funds"
Proliferation of Index Funds in India

Proliferation of Index Funds in India

Index funds offer several benefits to investors who want to start investing in the stock market. While index funds are good for first time investors with no experience or skill in picking their stocks, they are also useful for seasoned investors to diversify their holdings and enter new markets. Index investing also does not need...
My Experience With Transferring Mutual Fund Units in Demat Form

My Experience With Transferring Mutual Fund Units in Demat Form

I recently wanted to close one of my Savings Bank Accounts I had with a private bank. When I approached the bank, I was informed that I need to close the linked Demat account before the Savings Account could be closed. And I was also informed that I could not close the Demat account until...
What Should You Do During this Market Correction?

What Should You Do During this Market Correction?

The Indian Stock market has been falling for the past few weeks. From a peak of 36,283 reached on January 29, 2018; the Sensex fell by 10.2 percent. Given the high valuations of stocks which are not backed up by corporate earnings, many analysts opine that the market correction is overdue. Markets may fall further...
How to Plan Your Retirement?

How to Plan Your Retirement?

Retirement is the time when a person should be free of both mental and financial worries. In fact, it is the only time when a person can be free from doing anything in life. In order to enjoy a carefree retirement life, you should plan your finances well. Below is a brief guide to plan...
What is the Appropriate Time to Invest in Equities?

What is the Appropriate Time to Invest in Equities?

Self-discipline is one of the important trait required for successful investing. People without self-discipline cannot select the right investment options suitable to them and stay invested when the stock market falls. One question that keeps cropping up on people’s minds while investing is: What is the Appropriate Time to invest in Equities? Investors keep coming...
Tips to Improve Your Financial Literacy

Tips to Improve Your Financial Literacy

Investing and growing the money earned is equally important to making the money. Smart people with lower incomes can end up making bigger fortunes in life if they know how to invest their money in smartly. But a number of people end up making poor choices when investing money. Money is mostly invested in low...
Components of Your Long-term Financial Planning

Components of Your Long-term Financial Planning

Every person should have a strong financial planning to meet the future requirements of his life. Financial planning does not mean putting all your money in bank deposits or buying real-estate. It is about catering to all your financial needs in your life. Some of the key components of your financial planning are explained below:...
A Case for Discount Brokers

A Case for Discount Brokers

Busy traders end up paying a lot brokerage to their brokers. A good way of saving on their brokerage is to open a trading account with discount brokers like RKSV and Zerodha. Discount brokers offer ultra-cheap brokerage rates. Some of them even offer unlimited trading for a fixed brokerage every month. Discount brokers manage to...
Things to Keep in Mind Before Selecting your Stock Broker

Things to Keep in Mind Before Selecting your Stock Broker

Since most of the financial products are now sold in the electronic form, holding them in the long-term requires demat account. Apart from stocks, many other financial products like insurance, mutual funds, and bonds are now sold in the dematerialized form. Government is also thinking of making it possible to hold property documents in the...
How to Save For Your Child's Future

How to Save For Your Child’s Future

Saving for you child’s future is important in order to meet all his/her needs like education and marriage. And just like savings for any other purpose, starting early can give good results in the long term in the case of savings for your child’s future. Unlike savings for your own future, saving for your child’s...