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Match investments with tenure of goal

Take the equity route for children's education if the goal is at least 15 years away; investing in debt alone will result in a lower corpus

Lessons from the Campa Cola crisis

An errant builder doesn't lose anything but the property buyer could lose everything. Don't get trapped in an illegal house

Debt Counseling: Mohan Jayaraman

Hazardous products' sale conforming to law cannot be disputed

Make volatility your friend

A combination of calls and puts with appropriate strikes could be profitable

PlanComm to examine Jairam Ramesh's proposal to hike pension

Ramesh reportedly wrote to the Planning Commission and the Finance Ministry to hike pension amount under NSAP

Policy uncertainty has led to mess in telecom sector

Wait for the spectrum auction to be held in January before deciding whether to buy telecom stocks or not

Weighing various assets for 2014

All asset classes are revealing contrasting fundamentals. Here is how you can play them differently in the coming year

Better to use reward points for gift vouchers

They can be used to buy anything from any store. A bank's gift list will be limited to select items

Don't invest lump sum before elections

You should continue with SIPs but making a large investment in uncertain times can lead to losses if the election results aren't positive for the economy

Inter-company insurance settlements to become quicker

'Insurance Clearing House' proposed by Irda to aid this process

5 reasons impact investing is not for you

Seemingly simple and beneficial to all, impact investing is far more than simple philanthropy

Include PPF, tax-free bonds in portfolio

Use PPF for accumulating retirement corpus and tax-free bonds for cash flow after retirement

AEGON Religare Life Insurance launches Guaranteed Growth Insurance Plan

Aimed at customers who are looking at a steady return over the medium term

Cabinet likely to red-flag super-rich tax in DTC Bill

Govt may not want to sully business environment in the run-up to polls

Half of our traders don't have PAN

IT network for proposed indirect tax structure needs everyone to get one for reform's aim; picture varies widely among states

The pros and cons of closed-ended MFs

These offer investing flexibility but you can't redeem easily before their tenure ends

Axis MF launches new close-ended equity scheme

As per the fund house, the scheme will be open-ended after the completion of five years

New insurance scheme for farmers from rabi season

Private insurance sector will now have a bigger play in rolling, execution of insurance schemes along with Agricultural Insurance Company of India