Author - Sanjay Kumar Singh | Business Standard

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Invest in residential realty with at least a seven-year horizon: Experts

While market is on the mend, a steep increase in prices may not happen in near future

09-Aug-2022 | Sanjay Kumar Singh

Parents' income, child's record count in getting education loan: Experts

Students joining a professional course at a top-notch college will find it easier to get approval

08-Aug-2022 | Bindisha Sarang & Sanjay Kumar Singh

Ladder your fixed deposits to avoid the risk of reinvestment: Experts

Debt fund investors should keep the bulk of their investments in shorter-duration funds, 10-20% in longer-duration ones

05-Aug-2022 | Sanjay Kumar Singh

Invest in a smart-beta fund only if you are convinced about strategy

Use market cap index-based funds in your core portfolio and complement them with smart-beta funds in satellite portfolio

05-Aug-2022 | Sanjay Kumar Singh

Applying quality filter in the mid-cap space can reduce downside risk

While the traditional market cap based mid-cap index has the ability to beat the large-cap index over the long term, it is also more volatile. In an interview with Sanjay Kumar Singh of Business Standard, Anil Ghelani, head of passive investments at ...

03-Aug-2022 | Sanjay Kumar Singh

Buy a house only if you don't plan to change city and can afford it

Renting provides flexibility vis-a-vis size of the house and geography, frees up finances

01-Aug-2022 | Sanjay Kumar Singh

Target maturity funds are better than FMPs for locking in returns

They are more transparent and control both interest-rate and credit risk

30-Jul-2022 | Sanjay Kumar Singh

Smart policy choice can help you tackle medical inflation: Experts

Most Ayush treatment happens out-patient; your policy may not be very useful if it offers only hospitalisation cover

29-Jul-2022 | Bindisha Sarang & Sanjay Kumar Singh

Tackle higher cost of foreign education with diligent planning: Experts

Choosing right country and college, part-time job can help bridge the gap caused by the rupee's fall

28-Jul-2022 | Sanjay Kumar Singh

Smart-beta funds can add a kicker to portfolio returns, says ICICI Prudential's Chintan Haria

While market capitalisation-based index funds should form the core of an investor's portfolio, now they also have a wide variety of factor-based funds or smart-beta funds that they can choose from. Trends within the market change – sometimes quality ...

26-Jul-2022 | Sanjay Kumar Singh

Fractional platforms lower barrier for investing in commercial realty

It is a relatively new avenue though and carries high concentration risk

25-Jul-2022 | Sanjay Kumar Singh

How to choose a health insurance plan for senior citizens

In an interview with Business Standard's Sanjay Kumar Singh, Dr Bhabatosh Mishra, Director, Underwriting, Products and Claims, Niva Bupa Health Insurance offers tips on policy for senior citizens

22-Jul-2022 | Sanjay Kumar Singh

Avoid overreaction to HDFC MF CIO Prashant Jain's exit, say experts

However, what investors got in his funds was fidelity to a fund management style that worked over the long term

22-Jul-2022 | Sanjay Kumar Singh

BNPL credit facility used without caution can lead to a debt trap

Understand all the attendant costs of this facility; delayed repayment will hit your credit score

19-Jul-2022 | Sanjay Kumar Singh

Education abroad: Here's how to manage cost surge amid rupee's slide

With the rupee depreciating about 7-8 per cent year to date and almost touching 80 against the US dollar, parents of students who are heading for foreign shores for higher education could be forced to shell out more.

19-Jul-2022 | Aneesh Phadnis, Bindisha Sarang, Sanjay Kumar Singh

With rupee at 80, how to tackle cost of studying and travelling abroad

Education consultants advise parents to prepare for at least 2% annual increase in costs for children abroad

18-Jul-2022 | Sanjay Kumar Singh

The man who helped investors buy yachts

Bogle and Vanguard have shaped America's financial ecosystem in myriad ways

18-Jul-2022 | Sanjay Kumar Singh

REITs: A combination of good returns with room for growth, say experts

Payouts can be affected by vacancy and tenants defaulting on payments

16-Jul-2022 | Sanjay Kumar Singh

Equity markets may be entering final leg of volatile phase: Trideep Bhattacharya

Trideep Bhattacharya, CIO-Equities, Edelweiss Mutual Fund thinks investors may even make lump-sum investments now >

15-Jul-2022 | Sanjay Kumar Singh

Wish to shun market volatility? Go for insurers' assured return plans

Check the return for your age, tenure, and premium variant, and if proceeds will be tax-free

14-Jul-2022 | Bindisha Sarang & Sanjay Kumar Singh

Farm to Fork: Consumers curb discretionary spends to combat inflation

Households are repaying debt and replacing costlier loans with cheaper options; rising costs are taking a toll on ability to save enough

13-Jul-2022 | Sanjay Kumar Singh

Unable to take duration call? Consider investing in a dynamic bond fund

But these funds can underperform if the fund manager's calls go wrong

13-Jul-2022 | Sanjay Kumar Singh

How should MF investors deal with a stock market correction?

When stock markets correct, investors exit -- thinking he or she would re-enter when it is all over. This is called 'market timing'. This is not recommended, as no one can pull it off consistently