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Stock lending 101: How you can earn passive income from your shares

New Delhi, Sept. 26 -- If you invest in stocks for the long-term and want to generate a passive income from your shares idling in your demat account, check the stock lending and borrowing (SLB) mechan... Read More


Gold above Rs.1 lakh: Here's how to invest at a fraction of the cost

New Delhi, Sept. 24 -- Gold, traditionally seen as a safeguard, has delivered equity-level returns of about 50% over the past year, while equities and other asset classes have struggled to deliver. Ma... Read More


Bond math 101: Clean vs. dirty prices, and why investors must know the difference

New Delhi, Sept. 19 -- When you look up a bond price on a trading screen, what you see isn't always what you pay. Bonds are quoted at the clean price, but the actual settlement amount is the dirty pri... Read More


Why these Gen Z professionals are upbeat on money matters despite job market risks

New Delhi, Sept. 15 -- They've entered the workforce at a time when technology, policy changes, and evolving industries are reshaping career paths. Nevertheless, India's Gen Z professionals-those in t... Read More


How can you retire with less retirement corpus?

Mumbai, Sept. 8 -- Retirement planning is often reduced to a single, anxiety-ridden question: How much savings will last through the post-retirement years? Research suggests that a retirement nest eg... Read More


From costly mistakes to smart moves: How this doctor swapped high-risk bets for a secure financial future

New Delhi, Sept. 1 -- Prashant Patil, 45, a practising gynaecologist who runs his own hospital, began his financial journey with limited capital two decades ago. "My father had supported me with Rs.1... Read More


How you can save taxes on sale of older inherited properties

New Delhi, Aug. 26 -- Inheriting a property-whether it's your parents' flat in Mumbai or ancestral land in your hometown-does not create any tax liability at the time of inheritance. The Income Tax Ac... Read More


The pros, cons, and key takeaway of the first passive fund in the flexicap category

New Delhi, Aug. 25 -- Flexicap funds were originally launched to allow investors to diversify across market caps-large, mid, and small caps. But in practice, these funds have largely remained large-ca... Read More


The tax-saving hack for stock investors: Open a second demat account

New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- It is common for investors to dabble in some short-term trades and for traders to keep a stock portfolio with a long-term view. When shares bought for the short term are sold, ta... Read More


Can RBI's floating-rate bond improve your debt returns?

New Delhi, Aug. 17 -- With fixed deposit (FD) rates softening after the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) recent rate cuts, debt investors are left with few ways to optimise returns without compromising o... Read More