Page 758 - Personal Finance
Wait for elections before putting fresh money in equities
Since the probability of a solid majority for the BJP seems rather low, the reward for going long also seems somewhat low
Build a corpus soon after buying a house
This should be around 25 per cent of the outstanding loan amount and could take two to three years
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Should you invest in banking funds?
As these have been the most volatile during the past year, limit your exposure in 2014
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Is an OPD cover useful?
Most people do not know how to use it. At best, it provides tax benefit
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Fund Pick: UTI Equity Fund
Sector, stock selection help outperform peers
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Many smaller MFs wish to exit but find no takers
About half-a-dozen fund houses on block
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Grading of IPOs did not help investors
With the process silent on pricing and not comprehensive, retail investors did not benefit
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Don't invest in bonds only for capital gains
Liquidity is very low in the debt segment and investors might not get the right price
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Individuals in India to see their wealth double in next 5 yrs
Surprisingly, more than half of Individuals wealth today i.e Rs 110 lakh crore comprises of financial assets
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AMFI turns to radio to woo investors
Campaign across twenty cities
2013: Budgets were squeezed by inflation-interest duo
Prices rose and fluctuated, throwing household budget into disarray. One hopes 2014 would be a better year
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Banks try to attract home buyers with low interest rates
Part of a focus on retail advances, as corporate demand remains subdued; could reverse if RBI raises repo next month
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Knowledge of ailment must to establish suppression of facts
In the absence of knowledge of the ailment, there could not be any misrepresentation or concealment of facts
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Arbitrage opportunity between gold fund variants?
The losses from gold savings funds are lower by a whopping 8 percentage points as compared to gold ETFs. Why?
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Keep an eye on the Bank Nifty
Since it has the highest weight on the Nifty and is high-beta, the market will follow where it leads
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