Once the essentials such as shelter and food are covered, look to cut back on non-essential expenses wherever possible. Perhaps a few months away from Amazon Prime or Netflix would not be too bad if it means you are free from
Creating a secured financial future for the newborn is one of the most important things young parents should do, but very often many of them do not know what to do and where to begin.
No financial stress, living within your means, a manageable loan burden, a strong financial foundation and being on track to meet your long-term financial goals are some of the hallmarks of financial wellness.
Information ratio measures the fund’s performance relative to its benchmark and adjusts it for market volatility. If the ratio is between 0.61 and 1, then it is a great investment.
The risk for investors arises when the promoters have pledged either all or a significant percentage of their holding as it could trigger a volatile price movement in a falling market.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) permitted the mutual funds who have an exposure to troubled assets (such as IL&FS) and certain funds giving negative returns, to use side- pocketing tool.
To conclude, by adopting the above, you are positioning yourself in the best possible place for achieving financial success, but it takes extreme discipline, dedication and repeated sacrifice.
Investing in government securities is one of the safer investment options available to individual investors because these are risk-free instruments and provide portfolio diversification and are available for longer investment
With mis-selling quite prevalent in the insurance industry, it is good to do some fact-checking on the agent and the policy before signing on the dotted line
Companies invest every year significant amount on research and development (R&D) activities because they want to grow by developing new products and services.
Mean reversal is a popular theory in investment science which states that asset prices and returns eventually return back to the long-run mean or average.Accordingly, the Indian stock market could probably undergoing a revers
If the downgrade is for short-term instruments, you need not worry too much as maturity of these instruments is one or two months away. If it is for long-term bonds, then check the percentage of your fund’s assets invested
Assess the company’s goal and strategy, sales outlook, product-market strategy and investments, and future profitability to determine its long-term sustainability.
As an investor, you should know why a firm’s cash pile has goes up. Look at the cash flow statement and not the balance sheet to know the source of such funds.
A share with a very high P/E might be seen as overvalued and not a good choice. But, if you compute the PEG ratio, assuming it has good growth estimates, it could actually yield a lower number, indicating that the share is a
Often, many think that they are aggressive investors but, in reality, they behave like moderate investors. So, in this process they end up selling some shares when the market falls.
Lifecycle investing will deliver a relatively higher return given the elevated allocation to riskier assets until middle age after which a more conservative asset allocation approach is taken. This may be appropriate for some
Last week, the board of directors of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), India’s largest information technology services provider, approved a proposal to buy back up to 76 million equity shares to the tune of 16,000 crore.
While most risk-averse investors prefer to invest in bank fixed deposits with low risk and low gain, one must also look at corporate fixed deposits after weighing their merits and limitations
