Disability insurance: Features and benefits of a personal accident cover

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Repair Yourself

Healing the mind, body and spirit frees us from false debilitating beliefs about our experiences, ourselves and others.

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Tata Mutual Fund Launches – Break the Hesitancy, Max the Vax!

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THE BEST TIME TO ACT TO SAVE YOUR TAX IS ‘NOW'!!

Tax Planning

Why monitoring your credit score has become extremely important today

Financial Planning

How To Cope With Rising Term Insurance Premiums?

Some time ago, Munich Re, a large reinsurer in the Indian market, informed a few insurance companies that it would hike its reinsurance premiums by 30-40 per cent. It also asked insurers to tighten their underwriting standards. With the leading reinsurer hiking its reinsurance premiums, insurers are likely to follow suit with a hike in their insurance premiums.

FINtastic TALKS

Intro - The FINtastic Talks is a Next Generation Talk-show hosted by Mr. Sanjiv Bajaj, Jt. Chairman & MD, Bajaj Capital, giving the Business leaders of the Financial Services or Advisory sector a platform to exchange their vision, experience, and views on how to make the ideal financial decisions. The current edition of FINtastic Talks showcases Mr. A Balasubramanian, M.D. & CEO, Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC, recently elected as the Chairman of Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI).

Planning For An Early Retirement? Know The Basics To Reach The Distant Goal Comfortably

Retirement Planning

Here's Why To Have A Financial Plan In Place Before You Start Investing

The stock market is booming, and the equity mutual fund investors are witnessing a steady rise in the NAV of their schemes. On the back of long- term potential of equities and a promising growth scenario for the Indian economy, the investors today seems to be all set to create considerable wealth over the years.

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Know more about the various types of health insurance plans before you buy them

Buying of health insurance plan has emerged as one of the biggest risk mitigating tool in the recent times. With hospitalization cost running into a few lakhs for treatment of Coronavirus, the need for adequate health insurance coverage is rising.

Outlook on Equity & Sectors

On back of continued improvement in mobility and sharp increase in Covid-19 vaccination rate with almost 47% of adult population having taken one dose as at end of September 2021 (36.4% end of August) and 17.2% of population vaccinated with two doses (10.8% end of August end) economic activity has maintained its momentum.

Why target maturity funds are a good choice today

Earlier, investors who wanted to put their money in a debt fund for a specified period and lock in the existing rate of return opted for fixed maturity plans (FMPs). TMFs could largely replace FMPs in the future as they enjoy many advantages over the latter.

Questions Which Are Keeping Equity Investors Awake At Night

Markets have scaled newer heights without any meaningful correction. The last 1000 points on Nifty 50 index were added in just 19 trading sessions. Both, a perceptible disconnect with the ground realities and the pace of the rise have raised many questions in the minds of investors.

Save For Your Long-Term Goals With These Investments

To meet your long-term goals, you need to have a judicious mix of investments in your portfolio. Such investments need to be across various asset classes such as equities, debt and even gold.

How Mutual Fund SIP Helps You To Buy A Home Even With Small Savings

If you are looking to save through mutual funds and own a piece of real estate property, the good news is that it is very much possible. After all, one of the most important big-ticket goals for most of us is owning a piece of real estate that we can call our home.

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Buying health insurance plans has gained importance during Covid-19 pandemic – Here's why

From the financial point of view, Covid-19 pandemic has brought the much-needed focus on health insurance coverage. Covid-19 has clearly outlined that you need health insurance policies with adequate coverage for all members of the family – from a newborn to the senior most family member.

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Q. Dear Sir, My age is 36 years, and I am working in IT department of a private sector company. Please suggest how should I allocate my savings for tax saving section u/s 80C of Rs. 1.5 Lakhs. -Sunil Mathur, Gurgaon

Should you invest in a Fixed Maturity plans?

Fixed Maaturity plans (FMP) are closed-end debt mutual funds that have a specified tenure. They invest in fixed-income securities that mature at around the same time as the fund.

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Title insurance and surety insurance to be introduced soon

Water: The Elixir of Life

Scientists say water is the medicine that prevents & cures all major diseases:

Understand Balanced Advantage Fund's Strategy Before Investing In It

One category that investors can turn to during these times, when the equity market is touching new highs—the Sensex recently crossed the 56,000 mark in intraday trading—is balanced advantage fund or dynamic asset allocation (BAF/DAA) fund.

When Investing In An ETF, Pay Heed To Liquidity

More sophisticated ones may also consider its tracking error.

What Should Mutual Fund Investors Do When Market Senses Correction?

The major stock market indices are looking a bit shaky near their all-time highs.

Importance Of Critical Illness Health Insurance Plan During Covid-19 Pandemic

Covid-19 pandemic has brought the focus on buying adequate health insurance coverage for self and family. While the hospitalization costs are running into a few lakhs of rupees, the post recovery process is also showing matters of concern.