How long will you live after retirement? (Its not 80 yrs)

70-80 yrs. That’s what most of the investors answer when they are asked – “How long are you going to live?” Truly speaking, no one knows how long will you live!. We may die at 60, 70,80, and 90,100 or may be 47 or next week!. Who knows? In most of our workshops and even […]

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Senior Citizen Saving Scheme (SCSS) – How it works and brief review

The investment product which I will be talking about in this article will meet all your requirement as a senior citizen. It is called as “Senior Citizen Saving Scheme”. It is one of the safest investment products because it is sponsored by the Government of India. What is SCSS? Senior Citizen Savings Scheme (SCSS) is […]

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54 EC Capital Tax Bonds – How to save your tax after selling house?

When you sell any capital asset like a house, gold, bonds or debt mutual funds over a long period, you generally make a PROFIT, which is called as Capital gains. This is treated differently from “interest income” which you get from fixed deposits and these capital gains are taxed at 20%. In case of selling […]

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What is SIM Swap Fraud & How to prevent it?

The telecom and financial services have drastically changed over the last 15-20 yrs. and this means that you can do lots of things over your phone now. You don’t need to go to bank for everything. Now your mobile itself is a bank and it will let you transfer money to anyone and transact with […]

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What happens when stock gets delisted from stock market?

Today, we will see what exactly happens when a stock is delisted from stock market? What happens to the shareholders and how they get the money back for their shares? To understand de-listing, first let’s understand meaning of “Listing” So when a private company wants to be become a public limited company and offer its […]

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7 principles of Insurance which every investor should know

I generally come across some very basic insurance related queries like “I am not a smoker right now, if I buy a term plan – will I have to inform the company in case I start smoking in future” “My father just got diagnosed with diabetes, Can I get a health insurance which covers that?” […]

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How NRI’s can claim tax benefit under DTAA?

The taxation becomes more complicated when you moved out of one country to another for earning. A lot of times, an NRI will be earning in India as well as abroad, and pay the income tax in India and abroad both at the same time, because of many country levy tax on global income. This […]

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What is Cost Inflation Index (CII)

Can you guess, what these numbers are for 200, 220, 240 or 264? Don’t worry it is not some math thing. These numbers are used as measures to save you from paying higher taxes on the sale of any capital asset like real estate or gold. It’s the value of the “Cost Inflation Index” (CII) […]

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How PMS (portfolio management services) works?

If you are a high net-worth individual, looking for investing in a professionally customized portfolio of stocks, then PMS (Portfolio management services) can be a good choice for you. In this article, we will discuss everything about PMS – Portfolio Management Services. What is Portfolio Management Services (PMS)? PMS is a service targetted at HNI […]

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Sovereign Gold Bonds – 9 things you should know

Most of the investors feel that gold is a good option to invest. One, because it gives quite reasonable returns and second but most important, we have an attachment with gold as per our traditions. However, if you want to buy gold physically, you need to bear storage cost i.e. locker rents and along with […]

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