 "Harsh Roongta")
Harsh Roongta
Harsh Roongta
Harsh Roongta is the founder of Fee Only Investment Advisers LLP, a Sebi-registered Investment advisory firm. A chartered accountant by training and a personal finance expert, he writes a fortnightly column 'Truth be told' for Business Standard.
Harsh Roongta is the founder of Fee Only Investment Advisers LLP, a Sebi-registered Investment advisory firm. A chartered accountant by training and a personal finance expert, he writes a fortnightly column 'Truth be told' for Business Standard.
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 "Stop the ongoing real estate monetisation scheme")
How to make gold monetisation scheme work
A lot of issues with the GDS had to do with incentives to a bank for this scheme
 "How to make gold monetisation scheme work")
 "Use offset loans to reduce interest costs")
 "Lumpsum withdrawals: Debt funds score over FDs")
Jaitley shows the path to acche din for the middle class
The focus on financial asset investment, with a number of practical measures set in motion, makes this Budget special
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Please don't tax arbitrage funds retrospectively
It is widely believed that the coming Budget will change the view on arbitrage funds and classify them as debt funds
 "Please don't tax arbitrage funds retrospectively")
 "Is life insurance penetration low in India?")
40 Years Ago...And now: The rise, fall and rise of credit cards
This business got off to a shaky start but the advent of credit bureaus de-risked it
 "40 Years Ago...And now: The rise, fall and rise of credit cards")
Fixed-rate home loans are back - should you take them?
The last time we had long tenure fixed-rate home loans at interest rates that were so close to the floating rate loan was way back in 2003-04
 "Fixed-rate home loans are back - should you take them?")
Tax law penalises buyers for construction delay by builders
At that time, nobody would have thought a construction period of three to four years would be grossly inadequate
 "Tax law penalises buyers for construction delay by builders")