Income Tax: Invest before March 31 in these tax saving instruments to avail exemption

Income Tax: Invest before March 31 in these tax saving instruments to avail exemption

If you want to save income tax for the investments made in this financial year (2023-24), do not forget to invest before March 31 this year. With only a few days remaining in this financial year, taxpayers are urged to invest as soon as they can. Meanwhile, RBI has told all agency banks dealing with … Read more

3 simple tax-saving measures that are equally effective in creating wealth

3 simple tax-saving measures that are equally effective in creating wealth

How to choose tax-saving investments? Several critical factors to contemplate when selecting a tax-saving investment comprise: Lock-in duration: This denotes the minimum period you’re required to retain the investment before being able to withdraw funds. Certain tax-saving choices, such as the Public Provident Fund (PPF), entail lengthy lock-in periods, whereas others like tax-saving fixed deposits … Read more

6 key steps RBI has taken to ensure safe banking practices. Details here

6 key steps RBI has taken to ensure safe banking practices. Details here

Digital banking has brought a paradigm shift to the way we carry out financial transactions. The collateral damage, however, is the spate of frauds that accompany it. To minimise these frauds, the banking regulator has taken a number of steps so that banking remains safe and secure. Deputy governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Swaminathan … Read more

Of portfolio and probability: Is it possible to invest without any regret?

Of portfolio and probability: Is it possible to invest without any regret?

This is a tale of two unnamed businesses. These are two very popular stocks. Both are strong players in a very hot sector right now. One business sees gross margin growth, while the other business sees gross margin decline over 10 years. The business with the declining gross margin delivered a 5% CAGR (compound annual … Read more

Pickup in credit cycle, real estate are long term drivers of India Inc growth, says Tata MF Equity Report

Pickup in credit cycle, real estate are long term drivers of India Inc growth, says Tata MF Equity Report

Notwithstanding a slowdown in the large economies such as those of US, UK and Europe, India’s economy is seen to be growing since there is a limited impact of other economies on India’s GDP/ profit growth.  This is reflected, among other key points, in the Tata Mutual Fund’s Equity Outlook Report for March 2024.    … Read more

6 investing lessons that David Swensen gave to the investment community

6 investing lessons that David Swensen gave to the investment community

Revered beyond the university for his groundbreaking contributions to investment management and mentorship of future leaders in the field, Swensen was equally esteemed within Yale for his dedication as an educator, astute advisor, and spirited member of the university community. David has bestowed upon the financial world a multitude of investment principles, a selection of … Read more

Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen on Netflix: 2 key money lessons to learn from the series

Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen on Netflix: 2 key money lessons to learn from the series

What if you inherited a home, a title and all the underhanded business that has been going on for years? You’ll do everything to get out of the shady business innit? So a British peacekeeping soldier Edward Horniman (played by the handsome Theo James, whom you last saw in The White Lotus) loses his father … Read more

British pound’s spike to burn a hole in the pockets of UK-bound students from India

British pound’s spike to burn a hole in the pockets of UK-bound students from India

As Great British Pound (GBP) has risen considerably against Indian rupee in the past few weeks, Indian students travelling to the UK for overseas education later this year stare at a tougher (er.. expensive) times ahead.  With pound going upward from ₹100 per unit to ₹105 per unit in the recent past, the cost of … Read more