February 2010

Real Story about an Investor who Fought for 9 months with ICICI Bank

Can you fight back ? Really ? If you were taken for granted as a customer by some Bank or any institution and you were [...]

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Impact of New Income Tax Slab on Common Man

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday announced revised tax slabs for individual tax payers and also said that the New tax rates would offer relief [...]

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How many Mutual Funds you should have ?

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How many mutual funds is enough ? Though it depends on individual needs and situation. We can always arrive at a number or a range [...]

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Force Selling combined with other financial products

Can some one force you to buy ULIP’s along with a loan or Home loan ? I am seeing very unethical things going on in [...]

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“Papa Kehte Hain” problem in Personal Finance

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So I was talking to this reader and came to know that her husband investments are done by his father. I was curious to know [...]

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Prevention is better than Cure even in Personal Finance

“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” . I see most of the people these days who hae bought wrong products like [...]

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How to look beyond short term returns in Mutual Funds

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Want to buy a mutual funds which has given 105% return in 2009 ? Go ahead .. How do most of the people choose a [...]

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How to Open a PPF account at SBI Bank

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Most of us want to open PPF account, but keep postponing it just because we don’t want to take action. Most of the people want [...]

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