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There are various tax saving avenues under section 80C of the Income Tax Act. Most of them are apt for risk averse investors who are looking for investment in safe products. But for investors looking for equity exposure, the only two instruments available include ULIPs and ELSS. Here is a brief on ELSS.
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Investors with a risk appetite look at equity as an asset class to invest in. Investing in equity requires understanding of the market and also takes up a lot of your time, if you were to do the investments by yourself. Given that, investing is not what earns you your bread and butter, the time [...]

We all have heard about 'Asset Management' which is a tool towards building profitable investments. But what is it exactly? Sometimes, things are just given complicated names and then, they seem like incomprehensible rocket science to us. Wouldn't all of us be happier if we were just told that 'asset allocation is basically the way [...]

Why to save money and invest when you can spend to your heart's content and have a whale of a time. The answer is simple. Savings are important and investments can provide you with profits in the long term. So how should you go about investing to keep your financial future secure? Let's check out.
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Are women really risk-takers? Especially where their hard-earned money is concerned? Not really, if research is to be believed. According to Gloria Steinem, renowned feminist, women were not gamblers.
The truth is women are conservative where money is concerned. The bigger truth is that they don't really have the money to spare for something which has [...]

Stocks can be as tricky a business for novice investors as they are for seasoned players. Hence, it is imperative for women investors to heed investment experts' advice of staying away from 'junk' stocks and setting their sights only on the 'right ones'.
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In India where majority of investments are made into traditionally safe products such as Fixed Deposits, Insurance, NSCs, KVPs, etc., there are also takers for equity investments, a rather risky yet high-yielding product. A person can use different ways to invest in equity directly, one of them is the Initial Public Offering (IPO). Moreover, the [...]

Wondering what is required to start trading in stocks or to put money in Initial Public Offerings (IPOs)? Apart from the essential knowledge and money, what one needs is a Demat Account. With the growing awareness about stock market opportunities, more and more people are taking to stock trading. But it is not an easy [...]

First, we read about an Initial Public Offer (IPO) being launched, next we hear that the issue got oversubscribed. So what gives investors, retail or institutional, enough confidence to park their money in this financial instrument? Apart from the credentials of a company bringing out the IPO, investors take into account its credit worthiness, which [...]

A few years back, stocks and bonds were the only known options to invest in capital markets. But today the picture is different; there has been a spate of different instruments that have spoilt an investor for choice. A prime example of this is Non-convertible Debentures (NCDs) that offer a debt investment option. Interestingly, most [...]