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Smart Investment Alternatives for Beginners

Investing is a powerful weapon for achieving your investment goals, even if you're not a financial whiz. In fact, it is essential for people with little or no financial knowledge. So, what if your non-financial intellect isn’t aware of the difference between a stock and a bond? You can still invest and achieve your financial goals. All you need is a little guidance and support; for that, Insider is here. 😎

Your Money

Loan Repayment Strategies for Investors

Imagine you are hiking a mountain with a heavy backpack. 🎒 You're excited, motivated, and ready to reach the top. But soon after, you realise that the heavy load you're carrying is slowing you down, making you tired, and the mountain harder to climb.

Your Money

Exploring the Weightage of Different Factors in CIBIL Score Calculation

In India, your financial health is often represented by a three-digit number known as your CIBIL score. The Credit Information Bureau (India) Limited, commonly referred to as CIBIL, is one of the leading credit bureaus in the country responsible for generating these scores. Your CIBIL score is a critical factor that lenders, banks, and financial institutions use to assess your creditworthiness when you apply for loans, credit cards, or any other form of credit. It's essential to understand how a CIBIL score is calculated and what factors contribute to it.

Mutual Funds

5 Tips to Maintaining a Healthy Mutual Fund Portfolio

Have you ever noticed? When you type "mutual fund" and go to your search engine's "image" section, there are photos of plants symbolising money in half of the results 🪴. The banner image of this article is a good example of this pattern. This makes one think, why plants? Are graphic designers simply out of ideas?

Mutual Funds

Benefits and Drawbacks of Investing in Tax-Saving MF

Individuals wishing to reduce their tax burden while potentially receiving favourable returns may find Tax-Saving Mutual Funds (MFs) to be an appealing choice. These funds, often categorised as Equity Linked Savings Schemes (ELSS), provide both tax benefits and market exposure. However, before entering into this investment option, it is critical to understand its pros and cons.

Your Money

Critical Illness Policy: What is It and Do You Need It?

“Ek se bhale do, do se bhale chaar, manjil apni dur, rasta karna paar.” You know, when it comes to our health, having regular health insurance is pretty good for basic stuff, like doctor visits and regular hospital trips. But let's face it, life can throw some real curveballs at us. Things like cancer or a heart attack are not just a big health challenge but also a financial hit. That's where Critical Illness Insurance steps in. Think of it as your financial lifeline when facing big health problems, kind of like your emergency stash of extra cash when things get tough.

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The Role of a Financial Advisor In Personal Finance

Figures, charts, financial ratios, and multiple calculations, the realm of finance can be complex most times. Amidst all the complications stands an individual with expertise in everything finance. These perfectionists are like a beacon of light, showing hope to citizens who wish to realise their dreams and plans for the future. 🌄

Financial Ratios

5 Must-Check Financial Ratios For Company Analysis

In the realm of investing, every listed company, fund, security, and bond is subjected to rigorous financial scrutiny. From calculating profit margins to unearthing hidden debts, every aspect is meticulously examined to determine if it has the potential to be a wise investment.

Mutual Funds

How to Build a Good Mutual Fund Portfolio?

Do you know what a Multi-Purpose Vehicle (MPV) is? An MPV is a vehicle with various seats for people of all ages, body types, and numbers. There are spacious couch-like seats for adults to sit and enjoy, small ones with seat belts for children to be confined securely, and comfy rear seats to accommodate the frail bodies of old-age citizens. In the world of investments, mutual funds are like an MPV. 🚘

Stock Market

How to do Sector-Wise Comparison of Companies?

Let's kick off today's article with a simple question: When you're in the market for purchasing a new car or a mobile phone, what's your go-to strategy for making the right choice? You'd probably say you compare performance, check out the features, and, without a doubt, consider different models and brands, right? But would you ever find yourself comparing an iPhone with a Micromax phone or calculating the fuel cost for a car and a plane? Not likely.

Stock Market

NSE IPO: Is It Better Than BSE?

With a market share close to 100% in turnover, NSE has been the gang leader for a while now. Founded in 1875, the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) is the oldest and should technically have the upper hand over the NSE, but that’s not the case. NSE’s biggest competitor doesn’t even come close to beating it, and the likelihood of doing so is not certain at this point.

Finance

The Simple Interest Guide to Growing Money

Welcome to the world of finance made simple! Today, we're going to dive headfirst into the concept of Simple Interest, the kind that won't make your head spin with complicated calculations.

Financial Ratios

Don't Overlook These Things Before Investing in a Company

Have you ever wondered if that stock you're eyeing is a real steal? Or if the company is a financial superhero or more of a financial zero? These questions often linger, but fear not, for I'm here to decode the mystery!

Stock Market

Top 7 Fastest Growing Industries in India

A nation with diversity at the surface and unity at the core, India is a symbol of astonishment and sustainable development for the world. With busy streets and cloud-touching skyscrapers, the nation is expected to see a GDP rise to 6.7% annually from 2024 to 2031. This would make the Indian economy touch the $4 trillion (₹332 lakh crore) mark making it one of the world's largest and create millions of jobs.

Investor's Psychology

Top 5 Benefits to Check in Your Employee Insurance Package

When applying for a job, we often think of how much the annual package should be and what the location of the office is. But you know what's more important? It's the benefits a company offers to its employees.

Stock Market

Best Upcoming IPOs in 2023-24

Initial Public Offering, abbreviated as IPO, is a privately owned company's first sale of shares to the public. These companies wish to raise funds for multiple reasons like debt repayment, capital future projects, acquisitions, or operations. Apart from achieving its planned objective, the company also gains additional benefits from listing on a stock exchange.

Mutual Funds

Mistakes People Make While Investing in SIPs

Let's visualise a full-grown tree. 🌳 Imagine it standing tall and proud, its branches laden with fruits and leaves. The climate, soil, water, and sunlight; all have played a role in transforming a tiny seedling into a thriving tree.

Your Money

A Complete Guide to Health Insurance Claims: Filing Process & Documents

Life is unpredictable, and it comes with a custom-made clock, tick-tocking the minutes and seconds until things take a turn for the worse. The minus point of this ever-present clock is that it is invisible, and no one can hear the countdown. ⏰

Smart Investment Alternatives for Beginners

Loan Repayment Strategies for Investors

Exploring the Weightage of Different Factors in CIBIL Score Calculation

5 Tips to Maintaining a Healthy Mutual Fund Portfolio

Benefits and Drawbacks of Investing in Tax-Saving MF

Critical Illness Policy: What is It and Do You Need It?

The Role of a Financial Advisor In Personal Finance

5 Must-Check Financial Ratios For Company Analysis

How to Build a Good Mutual Fund Portfolio?

How to do Sector-Wise Comparison of Companies?

NSE IPO: Is It Better Than BSE?

The Simple Interest Guide to Growing Money

Don't Overlook These Things Before Investing in a Company

Top 7 Fastest Growing Industries in India

Top 5 Benefits to Check in Your Employee Insurance Package

Best Upcoming IPOs in 2023-24

Mistakes People Make While Investing in SIPs

A Complete Guide to Health Insurance Claims: Filing Process & Documents

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