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Investing 101 - Basics
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Financial Goals for Your 20s and 40s
A guide to setting age-appropriate financial goals, from starting retirement and emergency funds in your 20s to prioritising them again in your 40s.
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ETFs vs. Closed-End Funds: Which One Is for You?
Compare exchange-traded funds and closed-end funds, weighing their fees, risk, tax impact, transparency and management style to decide which suits you.
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Risky Business: What Is Risk in Investments
A guide to understanding investment risk: how risk and reward relate, the difference between risk tolerance and capacity, and why market risk affects everyone.
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How Do You Deal with Financial Problems? Create an Emergency Fund
Understand what an emergency fund is and how to build one using liquid, low-risk assets so you can cover unexpected expenses without derailing finances.
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Should You Buy Gold or Invest in a Mutual Fund?
A look at gold versus mutual funds for Indian investors, weighing the pros and cons of each, from liquidity and cost to diversification and market risk.
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Demand and Supply in the Automotive Sector
How post-pandemic demand and supply gaps hit India's auto sector, with two-wheelers facing weak rural demand and passenger vehicles hurt by chip shortages.
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MPC Highlights – RBI Hikes Repo Rate by 50 Basis Points
The RBI raised the repo rate by 50 basis points to 4.90% to curb inflation, its second hike in five weeks, pushing up deposit rates and loan EMIs.
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Income Tax on Mutual Funds – How Are Mutual Funds Taxed?
How mutual funds are taxed in India: capital gains rules for equity and debt schemes, holding periods, dividend tax and indexation benefits explained.
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Is High Return Possible Without Any Volatility?
Can you earn high returns without volatility? This guide explains market volatility and why equities' short-term swings matter less over the long term.
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How Inflation Eats Away into Returns
Learn how inflation erodes real returns versus nominal ones, with a worked example, plus avenues like equity, mutual funds, gold and real estate to counter it.
