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Behaviour (20 articles)
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Lumpsum vs. SIP: Here's the Truth on the Winning Strategy for Mutual Fund Investors
This article helps you to decide for the last time which option is better for investing in mutual funds: SIP or lump sum.
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5 mistakes that investors make with their stock portfolios
This article makes you aware of classic behavioural mistakes with stock investing and shows you the right way to safeguard against each.
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Investing in Your 40s and 50s: Why Lump Sum Beats SIP for Mature Investors?
This article explains why seasoned investors with established careers and clear financial goals should consider a more dynamic approach over blindly running SIPs.
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Budgeting (12 articles)
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Don't Get Caught in the Credit Card Debt Trap: Unmasking Interest Calculation & GST Charges
This article unveils the secrets of credit card interest, from EMIs to GST impact. Stay informed to avoid financial traps!.
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How to review your sinking fund to always have money since cost of goals are increasing?
This article shows you how to review your sinking fund so that you can keep pace with the inflation of your periodic expenses and short-term goals.
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Does the 50/30/20 budgeting rule work in India?
This article shows you if you can apply the popular 50/30/20 budgeting rule for investing for your goals in India.
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Children (22 articles)
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Can NPS Vatsalya be used to create wealth across generations?
This article explores using the NPS Vatsalya scheme for grandparents to transfer wealth to their grandchildren by gifting them a large corpus to be used to create a pension income stream.
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Will NPS Vatsalya Give Your Child Eleven Crores When They Retire?
This article discusses the corpus projections shared officially when launching the NPS Vatsalya scheme and how parents should be aware of the danger of ignoring inflation.
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NPS Vatsalya details revealed: is it good for your children's future or avoidable?
This article discusses the NPS Vatsalya scheme that does not really offer any greate benefits over simply investing in mutual funds.
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Set Goals (28 articles)
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Are Your MF Investments Do it Yourself? Make Plan it Yourself Your New Mantra for Success
This article explains how DIY investors can move from a shoot & aim to aim & shoot approach towards their investments.
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How to map your mutual funds to your investment goals?
This article shows how investors can map their various investments, like mutual funds, FDs, NPS, stocks etc., to different goals.
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SMART goals: how to create an emergency fund
An emergency fund is essential to protect yourself from unexpected problems where a lot of money needs to be spent. This article will show you how to create one step-by-step.
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Loans (25 articles)
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Should you consider paying off your home loan faster in your 40s or 50s?
This article gives you practical tips to pay off your home loan in case you are in your 40s and are concerned about potential income stability impacting your home loan.
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Pay Off Your Home Loan Faster: How Extra EMI Payments Save Time and Money
This article gives you the mathematical support regarding the financial and life-stage reasons to consider accelerating loan repayment, from income stability concerns to freeing up funds for retirement or children’s education.
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How can you pay the least interest and get the most tax deduction on your home loan?
This article breaks down the benefits of prepaying your home loan and how it impacts both your interest payments and tax savings.
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House Purchase (40 articles)
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Should you consider paying off your home loan faster in your 40s or 50s?
This article gives you practical tips to pay off your home loan in case you are in your 40s and are concerned about potential income stability impacting your home loan.
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Pay Off Your Home Loan Faster: How Extra EMI Payments Save Time and Money
This article gives you the mathematical support regarding the financial and life-stage reasons to consider accelerating loan repayment, from income stability concerns to freeing up funds for retirement or children’s education.
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How Much CTC Do You Need to Buy a ₹1 Crore Home in India?
This article explores how your CTC translates to in-hand salary, maximum loan eligibility, and the right down payment for your dream house.
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Basics (8 articles)
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SMART goals: how to create an emergency fund
An emergency fund is essential to protect yourself from unexpected problems where a lot of money needs to be spent. This article will show you how to create one step-by-step.
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What is a Personal Accident Insurance policy: who needs it and why?
This article explains the pros and cons of a Personal Accident Insurance policy and makes a case for getting one to safeguard your financial goals.
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Health insurance: what, why, how much to get and from where?
This article explains why health insurance is important, how to choose one that suits your needs, the tax benefits and where to buy it from.
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Asset Allocation (19 articles)
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Portfolio allocation models for Indian investors
This article shows how different asset allocation models for Indian stock and bonds have performed over the years.
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Should Indian investors invest 100% in equity for their goals?
This article shows a comparison of different asset-allocation values for debt and equity for different holding periods for Indian investors.
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How have different portfolios of stocks and bonds performed in India?
This article shows the historical performance of stocks and bonds in India since 1999 for different asset allocations.
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Choosing Investments (39 articles)
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Retirement Portfolio Strategy: How to Allocate Equity, Debt, and Cash Buckets for Maximum Security and Growth
This article explains how retirees should choose different investments for their equity, debt, and cash buckets for their post-retirement portfolio.
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Which are the common statistical terms used in Investing?
This article gives a brief overview of basic statistical terms used in investing in stocks and mutual funds.
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Exploring Alternative Investment Funds (AIF) in India: Opportunities and Taxation
This article discusses how AIFs work and how they are taxed for both Resident Indians and NRIs.
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Mutual Funds (71 articles)
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Do Retirees with a Pension Still Need Equity Mutual Funds?
This article explores whether retirees can manage without risky equity investments if they already have a pension plan for their retirement.
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Which mutual funds have fallen the least in this market correction? Should you switch?
This article shows you which funds have not fallen the most now that the stock market has corrected by 10-15% from life-time highs.
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Are you invested in these mutual funds which have fallen the most in this market correction? What to do now?
This article shows you what to do given that the stock market has corrected by 10-15% from lifetime highs.
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Risk (8 articles)
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5.93% Fall in the Nifty: What Does Election Result Day Teach Us about Risk in Our Portfolio?
This article talks about the volatility in the stock market on 4th June 2024, which was the day of election results.
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Portfolio construction basics: sources of risk
Risk and return go hand in hand, and a portfolio requires a balanced representation from various sources of risk to generate returns.
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How conservative investors risk falling short of their goals
A reader query prompted this post on the risks of not investing in volatile assets for long term goals.
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Portfolio Construction (58 articles)
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Does this DISK family need to work longer even after reaching 45x FIRE corpus?
This article discusses how to plan early retirement in the face of lifestyle inflation and lack of health insurance for an investor in their 40s.
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Is real-estate a large part of your portfolio - how to value income-generating investments?
This article provides thumb-rules for adding the value of income-generating investments for your long-term portfolio based on how much returns they give.
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Which are the Best Mutual Fund Categories for every Investment Horizon?
This article breaks down mutual fund categories based on your investment horizon—whether it’s 5, 10, or 15 years away.
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Portfolio Review (30 articles)
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Which mutual funds have fallen the least in this market correction? Should you switch?
This article shows you which funds have not fallen the most now that the stock market has corrected by 10-15% from life-time highs.
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Are you invested in these mutual funds which have fallen the most in this market correction? What to do now?
This article shows you what to do given that the stock market has corrected by 10-15% from lifetime highs.
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How much money will you lose if the stock market falls in the short term?
This article shows you the amount of loss you will potentially make when the stock market falls in the short term and how to deal with such a market fall.
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Insurance (19 articles)
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Does ICICI Lombard Elevate really offer unlimited health insurance?
This article discusses the ICICI Lombard Elevate health insurance plan to understand whether it really offers unlimited claims.
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Review: LIC Digi Credit Plan (UIN: 512N358V01) as loan insurance for your dream home
This article discusses the new LIC Digi Credit Plan (UIN: 512N358V01) policy and how it can be used as loan insurance for your home loan.
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Understanding Insurance Requirements for Home Loans in India: What's Mandatory and What's Optional?
This article provides a clear guide to navigating the insurance requirements when securing a home loan, helping you make informed decisions.
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Calculator (31 articles)
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How can you add multiple income streams to your portfolio for retirement?
This article guides retirees and FIRE aspirants on using the Arthgyaan goal-based investing tool to incorporate diverse income sources like rent, pension, royalties, and commissions into your portfolio.
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How can you pay the least interest and get the most tax deduction on your home loan?
This article breaks down the benefits of prepaying your home loan and how it impacts both your interest payments and tax savings.
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Calculator: UPS vs. NPS - which is better?
This article shows how to determine if an NPS subscriber should switch to the newly announced Unified Pension Scheme.
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Retirement (40 articles)
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Do Retirees with a Pension Still Need Equity Mutual Funds?
This article explores whether retirees can manage without risky equity investments if they already have a pension plan for their retirement.
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Retirement Portfolio Strategy: How to Allocate Equity, Debt, and Cash Buckets for Maximum Security and Growth
This article explains how retirees should choose different investments for their equity, debt, and cash buckets for their post-retirement portfolio.
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Building Generational Wealth through an Alternative Retirement Portfolio Planning Technique
This article discusses an alternative retirement portfolio construction method for generational wealth transfer.
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FIRE (16 articles)
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Does this DISK family need to work longer even after reaching 45x FIRE corpus?
This article discusses how to plan early retirement in the face of lifestyle inflation and lack of health insurance for an investor in their 40s.
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Barista FIRE Calculator for NRI Returning to India: Can $1 million be enough for this NRI returning to India in 5 years for early-retirement?
This article uses the Arthgyaan goal-based investing calculator to understand how much corpus is needed to have a comfortable lifestyle in India.
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How can you add multiple income streams to your portfolio for retirement?
This article guides retirees and FIRE aspirants on using the Arthgyaan goal-based investing tool to incorporate diverse income sources like rent, pension, royalties, and commissions into your portfolio.
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Pension (10 articles)
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Do Retirees with a Pension Still Need Equity Mutual Funds?
This article explores whether retirees can manage without risky equity investments if they already have a pension plan for their retirement.
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Calculator: UPS vs. NPS - which is better?
This article shows how to determine if an NPS subscriber should switch to the newly announced Unified Pension Scheme.
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How to get guaranteed income in retirement by combining dividends and pension?
This article shows how to combine dividends from an equity portfolio with pension plans to get guaranteed income for life.
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Stock Investing (4 articles)
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5 mistakes that investors make with their stock portfolios
This article makes you aware of classic behavioural mistakes with stock investing and shows you the right way to safeguard against each.
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How to Avoid Losing Money in Indian Stocks: 2 Proven Strategies for Long-Term Success
This article breaks down the misconceptions about stock investing and provides actionable advice on why you should avoid individual stocks and invest for the long term.
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Why the stock market in India is not a casino?
This article dives deep into why the stock market is often misunderstood as a casino, using historical data and statistical analysis to debunk this myth.
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Market Movements (25 articles)
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Which mutual funds have fallen the least in this market correction? Should you switch?
This article shows you which funds have not fallen the most now that the stock market has corrected by 10-15% from life-time highs.
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Are you invested in these mutual funds which have fallen the most in this market correction? What to do now?
This article shows you what to do given that the stock market has corrected by 10-15% from lifetime highs.
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How much money will you lose if the stock market falls in the short term?
This article shows you the amount of loss you will potentially make when the stock market falls in the short term and how to deal with such a market fall.
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Fixed Deposit (9 articles)
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Arbitrage Funds vs Fixed Deposits in India: Which is Better?
This article highlights the main differences between arbitrage funds and fixed deposits in India to help investors make the best choice for their financial needs.
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Do the worst performing equity mutual funds beat FD?
This article explores if the worst performing equity mutual funds have beat FD and RD returns.
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Frequently asked questions on NRE Fixed Deposits (NRE FD): the complete guide
This article compiles an exhaustive list of FAQs on the concept of NRE Fixed Deposits (NRE FD).
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Tax (84 articles)
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How much money can NRIs in the US gift to their parents in India in 2025?
This article discusses the mechanics and tax exemption rules applicable to US-based NRIs who wish to gift money to their parents in India.
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Form 12BAA: How to reduce TCS on foreign remittances and foreign travel after 1st October 2024?
This article shows you the method for lowering the effect of Tax Collected at Source (TCS) on foreign remittances and travel via RBI’s Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS) as per new rules introduced under Union Budget 2024.
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Complete Tax Guide for Resident Indians Selling Land in India
This article simplifies the process of selling land in India offering clear insights on how to manage TDS deductions, understand the differences between urban and rural agricultural land, and calculate capital gains tax.
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NRI (28 articles)
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How much money can NRIs in the US gift to their parents in India in 2025?
This article discusses the mechanics and tax exemption rules applicable to US-based NRIs who wish to gift money to their parents in India.
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Barista FIRE Calculator for NRI Returning to India: Can $1 million be enough for this NRI returning to India in 5 years for early-retirement?
This article uses the Arthgyaan goal-based investing calculator to understand how much corpus is needed to have a comfortable lifestyle in India.
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Understanding RNOR Tax Status in India: Key Rules and Tax Obligations Explained
This guide covers when NRIs become RNORs, what taxes they must pay on Indian and foreign income, and how to take advantage of Double Taxation Avoidance Agreements (DTAA).
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Reader Questions (8 articles)
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How to balance FOMO and loss-aversion in the case of foreign RSUs?
This article gives you a few pointers about what to do with your foreign RSUs that have appreciated a lot in value.
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What are the best ways to pay off a large credit card balance quickly?
This article gives the list of people to whom you can give or receive gifts like cash, property, stocks, mutual funds or any other assets without paying tax.
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How much money does this 39 year old investor need to invest per month to retire at 58?
A quick retirement calculation for a reader query who has a good amount of corpus already saved for retirement.
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Real Estate (14 articles)
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Complete Tax Guide for Resident Indians Selling Land in India
This article simplifies the process of selling land in India offering clear insights on how to manage TDS deductions, understand the differences between urban and rural agricultural land, and calculate capital gains tax.
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Complete Tax Guide for NRIs Selling Land in India
This article simplifies the process of selling land in India for NRIs, offering clear insights on how to manage TDS deductions, understand the differences between urban and rural agricultural land, and calculate capital gains tax.
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Budget 2024 taxation rule reversal: grandfathering rule brings back indexation benefit to properties acquired before July 2024
This article explains the new of the reversal of the 12.5% without indexation tax rule to allow 20% with indexation for all properties bought before 23rd July 2024.
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International Investing (16 articles)
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Budget 2024: How New Changes Make International Investing under LRS Easier for Indians?
This article analyses the changes in Budget 2024 that impact investors investing abroad under the RBI’s Liberalised Remittance Scheme.
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Budget 2024 TCS Changes: Minimise the Impact Of TCS on Your Foreign Stocks and other LRS Investments
This article shows how you can now offset TCS against your salary’s TDS providing significant relief and improving your cash flow.
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Understanding the 40% IRS Estate Tax: Crucial for Indians with US Assets
This article explains the concept of US Estate taxes that might take out a large chunk of the portfolio of Indian and NRI investors due to tax on their US-based assets.
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Gold (27 articles)
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SGB issued in Nov 2016 has given 159% return in 8 years. How does that compare with FDs and equity mutual funds?
The Nov 2016 SGB showcased a fantastic return on maturity compared to other investment avenues like fixed deposits and some equity mutual funds.
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SGB issued in Sep 2016 has given 139% return in 8 years. How does that compare with FDs and equity mutual funds?
The Sep 2016 SGB showcased a fantastic return on maturity compared to other investment avenues like fixed deposits and some equity mutual funds.
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Which SGB series should you buy based on the highest discount?
This article shows you how to find SGBs trading at the maximum discount in the share market for long-term investment.
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Review (26 articles)
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Does ICICI Lombard Elevate really offer unlimited health insurance?
This article discusses the ICICI Lombard Elevate health insurance plan to understand whether it really offers unlimited claims.
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Adani Enterprises Bond Issue: Should You Invest?
This article analyses the Adani Enterprise Bond Offering for retail investors to help understand whether retail investors should invest in it or not.
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Review: LIC Digi Credit Plan (UIN: 512N358V01) as loan insurance for your dream home
This article discusses the new LIC Digi Credit Plan (UIN: 512N358V01) policy and how it can be used as loan insurance for your home loan.
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News (30 articles)
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Does the 2024 Fed Rate Cut Signal Entering Long-Duration Debt Funds for Higher Returns?
This article analyzes the historical impact of rate cuts on bond markets and mutual funds and explores why a similar rate cut by the RBI could provide higher returns for investors.
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Will NPS Vatsalya Give Your Child Eleven Crores When They Retire?
This article discusses the corpus projections shared officially when launching the NPS Vatsalya scheme and how parents should be aware of the danger of ignoring inflation.
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NPS Vatsalya details revealed: is it good for your children's future or avoidable?
This article discusses the NPS Vatsalya scheme that does not really offer any greate benefits over simply investing in mutual funds.
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Life Stages (2 articles)
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Life stage investing: how should couples manage finances
Having a common understanding of the role of money is one of the pillars of a successful life as a couple.
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Life stage investing: how to manage finances when you are joining your first job
This post from our life stage series shows how your finances need to be managed when you transition from being a student to joining your first job.
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NPS (15 articles)
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Can NPS Vatsalya be used to create wealth across generations?
This article explores using the NPS Vatsalya scheme for grandparents to transfer wealth to their grandchildren by gifting them a large corpus to be used to create a pension income stream.
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Will NPS Vatsalya Give Your Child Eleven Crores When They Retire?
This article discusses the corpus projections shared officially when launching the NPS Vatsalya scheme and how parents should be aware of the danger of ignoring inflation.
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NPS Vatsalya details revealed: is it good for your children's future or avoidable?
This article discusses the NPS Vatsalya scheme that does not really offer any greate benefits over simply investing in mutual funds.
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Step by step (15 articles)
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How to Buy Your Dream Home Without Any Savings: A Step-by-Step Guide
This article shows how sufficient cash flow is the key to purchasing a house, even if you are yet to save for the down payment.
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How to file TDS for Property Purchase: A Step-by-Step Guide
This article explains the steps for paying TDS on purchasing property in an easy step-by-step manner.
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Where to invest your monthly income if you spend only 45% a month?
This article answers a question about investing a certain percentage (here 55%) of your monthly income.
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FAQ (17 articles)
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Form 12BAA: How to reduce TCS on foreign remittances and foreign travel after 1st October 2024?
This article shows you the method for lowering the effect of Tax Collected at Source (TCS) on foreign remittances and travel via RBI’s Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS) as per new rules introduced under Union Budget 2024.
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Frequently Asked Questions on New Rules for Irregular PPF and Sukanya Samriddhi Accounts from 1st October 2024
This article discusses the new Department of Economic Affairs rules regarding irregular PPF and Sukanya Samriddhi Accounts as applicable from 1st October 2024.
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FAQs for NRIs for applying for Power of Attorney (PoA) for selling a house in India
This article lists out the processes and frequently asked questions for NRIs looking to create a Power of Attorney for selling their house in India.
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Health Insurance (8 articles)
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Does this DISK family need to work longer even after reaching 45x FIRE corpus?
This article discusses how to plan early retirement in the face of lifestyle inflation and lack of health insurance for an investor in their 40s.
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Does ICICI Lombard Elevate really offer unlimited health insurance?
This article discusses the ICICI Lombard Elevate health insurance plan to understand whether it really offers unlimited claims.
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What Policyholders Must Know about IRDA's Master Circular on Health Insurance Business (29/05/2024)?
This article discusses the latest Master Circular on Health Insurance Business, issued on 29/05/2024, which introduced significant changes aimed at enhancing policyholder protection and streamlining claim settlements.
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Safe Withdrawal Rate (5 articles)
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How to mix an SWP from an equity mutual fund with a pension plan in retirement?
This article shows how much you can withdraw from an equity mutual fund if you have a pension plan as well in retirement.
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What happens if you do an SWP from an index fund in retirement?
We examine the results of running a long-term SWP in index funds for retirement.
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How long will your money last if you retire today?
This article shows that if you decide to retire today, how long will the corpus last realistically based on real rates of return.
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Market Data (10 articles)
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What are the rolling returns of SIP and lump sum of direct mutual funds? (July 2024 edition)
This article provides a list of fund and category-wise statistics of rolling return of SIP and lump sum investments for various mutual funds.
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What are the Latest Coupon Rates for Government Bonds in India?
This article gives you the latest government bond coupon rates so that you can maximize your return from these bonds.
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How to use Arthgyaan API to get NPS NAV to calculate your NPS corpus value?
This article helps you get NPS NAV data via an easy to use API so that you can easily calculate, using Excel or Google Sheets, how much money you have in NPS.
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Case Study (7 articles)
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Barista FIRE Calculator for NRI Returning to India: Can $1 million be enough for this NRI returning to India in 5 years for early-retirement?
This article uses the Arthgyaan goal-based investing calculator to understand how much corpus is needed to have a comfortable lifestyle in India.
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Case study: how can this middle-aged investor with two children plan for retirement and children's goals?
This article shows how a single-income middle-aged couple with two small children reach their retirement and children’s goals.
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Case study: can this double income single kid family reach FIRE at 50?
This article shows how a double-income couple with a 2-year old reach their FIRE dream at the age of 50.
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Budget (19 articles)
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Form 12BAA: How to reduce TCS on foreign remittances and foreign travel after 1st October 2024?
This article shows you the method for lowering the effect of Tax Collected at Source (TCS) on foreign remittances and travel via RBI’s Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS) as per new rules introduced under Union Budget 2024.
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Budget 2024: How New Changes Make International Investing under LRS Easier for Indians?
This article analyses the changes in Budget 2024 that impact investors investing abroad under the RBI’s Liberalised Remittance Scheme.
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Budget 2024 TCS Changes: Minimise the Impact Of TCS on Your Foreign Stocks and other LRS Investments
This article shows how you can now offset TCS against your salary’s TDS providing significant relief and improving your cash flow.
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Research (6 articles)
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Lumpsum vs. SIP: Here's the Truth on the Winning Strategy for Mutual Fund Investors
This article helps you to decide for the last time which option is better for investing in mutual funds: SIP or lump sum.
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Arthgyaan India Active Fund Scorecard (Dec-2023)
This is the first release of the Arthgyaan India Active Fund Scorecard to help mutual fund investors in India make better investment decisions.
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Portfolio allocation models for Indian investors
This article shows how different asset allocation models for Indian stock and bonds have performed over the years.
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