Best Retirement Investment Plans in India
Investor's Psychology

Best Retirement Investment Plans in India

There goes a very famous saying that ‘it is not about how much you make, but how much you keep of it and how much of it works for you.’ Today, we will discuss the second and third parts of this saying.  Indians live for the weekends. They exhaust themselves the entire week just so they can go wild on Saturdays and sleep through Sundays. If we zoom out, the ‘week’ is a person’s working-(shelf)-life, and the weekend is the retirement with no following weekdays in the queue to work for. 

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ETF v/s Mutual Funds: What would you choose?
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ETF v/s Mutual Funds: What would you choose?

Imagine a bright-eyed youngster with a wish to invest, but all he has to call his capital for this purpose is ₹500. While the youngster’s motives might mean well, they might be somewhat underfunded. Most investors that wish to start young, often face this trouble. There’s only so much you can get as “pocket money”.

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Top 5 lessons from "The Intelligent Investor"
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Top 5 lessons from "The Intelligent Investor"

A well-known quote says that “If you want to give someone a gift that they can open again and again, then gift them a book ”. 

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How to save your investment before Delisting of Shares?
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How to save your investment before Delisting of Shares?

“Meri ball, mere rules! Yahan ball wapas nahi milti, ye colony main nahi khelenge!” We’ve either been this kid or played with this kid and to be honest, it’s a fair demand. If the environment is not too friendly, sometimes it’s best to just pick up your belongings and set up shop in familiar “grounds”.

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Top 5 Micro-Cap Companies in India
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Top 5 Micro-Cap Companies in India

Everyone loves a good underdog story; the humble beginnings, the struggle, and eventual success. If it's something we've learned from years of very cheesy movies is that you should never judge a book by its cover because you never know if the little guy might be carrying some big guns.

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6 Ways to Achieve Financial Freedom
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6 Ways to Achieve Financial Freedom

Financial freedom is pretty personal & subjective, as Robert Kiyosaki defines it, “More important than how we achieve financial freedom, is the why. Find your reasons why you want to be free and wealthy.”

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Top 7 Personal Finance Books for Beginners
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Top 7 Personal Finance Books for Beginners

“A fool with a plan is better off than a genius without a plan” - Boone Pickens. Rightly said, isn't it? “Plan before you act,” and ALWAYS plan your money matters.

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How to predict stock trends using Golden Crossover Strategy?
Stock Market

How to predict stock trends using Golden Crossover Strategy?

The fraternity of technical analysts is often dubbed as ‘financial astrologers.’ These smarties are always hooked on the screens analysing and interpreting various patterns that candlesticks form during the trading hours. 

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Zee-Sony Merger Deal : What’s beyond the hype?
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Zee-Sony Merger Deal : What’s beyond the hype?

Zee Entertainment Ltd has been making headlines for the past two weeks for good reasons. Hardly had its share price been locked in the 5% upper circuit the previous week, then it made a fresh 52-week high and again hit the 20% upper circuit this week!

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How to Invest in Unlisted Shares in India?
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How to Invest in Unlisted Shares in India?

Ola, Flipkart, PhonePe, Delhivery, and Byjus are all market giants in terms of valuations, the number of services and products offered, or their reach in the market. But unlike the bigwigs like Tata, HDFC, and Reliance, these firms are not listed on stock exchanges.

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What are the types of Pension Plans in India?
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What are the types of Pension Plans in India?

Secure aspects of your future by investing in retirement plans and ease yourself from unwanted misery; because, let’s face it, hoping to win a lottery is, in no way, a future bet. No matter how hard you try, you cannot stop what might come your way. This makes retirement plans highly vital to your financial independence after you retire.

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Paras Defence and Space Technologies Ltd IPO - A hit or a miss?
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Paras Defence and Space Technologies Ltd IPO - A hit or a miss?

​​​​​Did you know India falls in the top 5 for its defence expenditure in the whole world! The government has been funding incumbents like DRDO, the Indian Armed Forces, and ISRO, which have been the torchbearers of the defence and space sectors for decades now. It’s no sorcery that the companies catering to the requirements of these institutions have evolved alongside the industry’s growth.

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What is Portfolio Management?
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What is Portfolio Management?

Portfolio management is much more complicated than stock analysis. Don’t believe us? Listen to legendary economist Adam Smith: “There is a personality difference between the people who are good at finding stocks and the people who call the shots on timing and manage the whole portfolio. Security analysts dig down information and come up with an idea about what should be bought or sold, but they do not necessarily make good conductors for the whole orchestra. [..]”

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Different types of Financial Derivatives in India
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Different types of Financial Derivatives in India

India has the World's Largest Derivatives Exchange by Volume, as per a business article by Bloomberg. This is indeed a remarkable achievement as the NSE’s derivatives volume spiked by 57% to 5.96 billion contracts in 2019 compared to CME’s (Chicago Mercantile Exchange) 4.83 billion contracts.

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CANSLIM - A Bullish Strategy for Fast Markets
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CANSLIM - A Bullish Strategy for Fast Markets

Picking stocks from 5000+ securities that are listed on BSE is a hard game. This can be the most time-consuming task. What if you dedicate a whole day to learn about a business, and finally you find that the business is not profitable yet and you don’t even expect it to make any profits further? Or, what if you study everything about a business and finally find that it is overpriced? That's why filtering stocks is one hell of a task.

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How does Technical Analysis work?
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How does Technical Analysis work?

“Analyzing charts really gives an impression of where the money lies.” Well, that's true to some extent; but this would garner mixed opinions. Indeed, Technical vs Fundamental has been one the most heated debates for years now.

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What are Overnight Funds?
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What are Overnight Funds?

What if we said you could have a low-risk and less volatile debt mutual fund that could be converted into cash within a day or so? Liquid funds, you ask? No No, even more liquid than liquid funds are these Overnight Funds!

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Best Tax-Free Bonds to Invest in India
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Best Tax-Free Bonds to Invest in India

What if we said you could have humble returns, liquidity, and zero taxability in a single instrument? That, too, is at a very low risk. Yes? Well, this blog is a must-read for you!

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