More than one third of Thais say they will be angry if they don’t get the 10,000-baht handout in the second phase of the digital wallet scheme, an opinion poll has found.
If you are confused by personal finance terms, jargon and calculations, here’s a series to simplify and deconstruct these for you. In the 20th part of this series, Riju Mehta explains where and why standard deviation is used.
The Portfolio Doctor assesses the health of the fund portfolio, examines the schemes and their suitability with regard to the goals and, if required, recommends corrective measures. The advice given is based on the performance of the funds, the risk profile of the investor as well as his financial goals.
Big tax savings are possible if his company offers Kumar the NPS benefit. Under Section 80CCD(2), up to 14% of the employee’s basic salary put in the pension scheme is tax-free. This limit is lower at 10% of the basic salary for those who opt for the old tax regime. Sudhir Kaushik of TaxSpanner.com tells readers how they can optimise their tax by rejigging their incomes and investments.
Apollo Pipes Ltd share: The company is a beneficiary of the healthy growth prospects of PVC pipes. The management took various initiatives in the recent past to strengthen its core business and enhance its market. For 2024-25, the company aims to strengthen its Pan-India presence and enhance plant utilisation. Should you invest in Apollo Pipes?
Sundaram Multi Cap Fund: The fund emphasises on growth at reasonable price (GARP) framework, with a preference for focused businesses with long growth runway. Apart from the 25% fixed allocation to large-, mid- and smallcap segments, it prefers to retain presence in large-caps for the last 25% part of its portfolio where leeway in allocation is afforded for a multi-cap fund. Should invest in this fund?
Sharma should opt for health plans tailored for senior citizens. Such schemes are more expensive due to the higher frequency and severity of illness in older age. Senior citizen plans come with limitations like mandatory medical check-ups, high premiums, and various exclusions.
Ensuring health coverage for newborns is important for parents as it provides financial security and access to quality medical care in case of any health issues that may arise in the early stages of life.
Probate helps resolve disputes among heirs or potential claimants as it establishes the legitimacy of the will in a court of law.
How much charge on future income one can afford is a personal financial question that the borrower alone can answer. The lender can look at your assets or income and propose how much he will lend. Discount the ‘loan eligibility’ worked out by the borrower. Do your homework about how much you can pay every month. Even if the lender masks your eligibility as a privilege, it is not. You borrow, you repay.
Pent-up demand, festive season and corporate travel are growth propellers as valuations improve. Looking at sectoral valuations, experts believe that given the tailwinds, there will be earnings upgrades in the mid to long term, which will help sustain the current valuations. Here are some hotel stocks that are currently favoured by brokerages and are offering a double-digit price potential.
This optimism doesn’t blind us to risks or dismiss short-term challenges. On the contrary, it gives us the resilience to weather storms, knowing that calmer, more prosperous seas are beyond the tempest. This balance of cautious optimism and long-term vision defines the true equity investor from speculators or shortterm traders.
If, instead of foreign holidays, you prefer to travel within India, here’s a series to help you plan the best vacations in each of the 28 states and 8 Union Territories. We highlight tourist attractions, culinary choices, modes of travel, and the costs involved. In the 25th part of the series, Riju Mehta takes you to Uttar Pradesh.
Middle-aged and elderly people are most vulnerable, though even youngsters fall into the traps laid by fraudsters. Know about the latest online scams
Scamsters are coming up with new tricks to defraud their victims. They are even using AI to identify victims and their weaknesses. Young graduates are being given fake job offers. Middle-aged parents are being threatened with police cases. Retirees are being sweet-talked into divulging financial details on the pretext of helping them with KYC updation. Find out how you can outwit them.
The Nifty Next 50 index is a more balanced index than its larger peer. It has low weight concentration among individual stocks as well as sectors, resulting in a more diversified portfolio. Its three biggest sectoral positions take up 57% space in the index. Meanwhile, the Nifty Next 50’s financials bet, its biggest, forms 22% of the index, even as the index carves out 42% of its portfolio towards its top three sector positions. The Nifty Next 50 index affords exposure to a wider range of sectors. Читать дальше...
Only 23 percent of people can spot all the mistakes in this weird brainteaser image featuring an athletics track. Can you spot everything that is wrong with it?
Keegan Bradley's bagman Scott Vail received a text from his boss in the early hours of the morning which left him fearing the worst - only for it to actually be good news
Edin Terzic is one of the latest managers linked to the Manchester United job amid increasing pressure on Erik ten Hag, with the German currently a free agent after leaving Dortmund last season
A magician on TikTok has stunned hundreds of thousands as he claims he can 'read your mind' with a simple card trick, stumping those in the comments trying to work it out
Wearing a grey UFC sweater, Grande replaced the lyrics to 'It's All Coming Back To Me Now' with MMA references as a series of clips from various UFC events flashed on screen.
Alex Bowman was disqualified from the Charlotte Roval race on Sunday night and removed from the next round of the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.
Breanna Stewart asked for this, all of this. The mantle of the Liberty’s superstar among stars.
Warning: The following contains spoilers from Season 2, Episode 1 of Tracker. CBS’ Tracker just introduced Colter Shaw’s white whale. The Season 2 premiere — which aired Sunday in its new, 8/7c time slot — revealed a decade-old case that continues to haunt Colter to this day: the disappearance of a young woman named Gina […]
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