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How to build the ideal retirement portfolio

The notion of retirement has changed considerably over the years. Retirement for our parents meant a complete dependence on salary up to retirement and then complete dependence on pension afterwards....



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Stock Analysis: Is IDFC First Bank share worth buying?

In this article, let us find out if it is worth buying IDFC Bank shares. Concerns are being raised over of the fate of Indian Private banking space esp. banks apart from ‘Too big to fail’ list of the...



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SIP Analysis: Aggressive Hybrid Funds vs CRISIL Hybrid 35+65 Aggressive Index

We compare the SIP performance of Aggressive Hybrid Funds versus CRISIL Hybrid 35+65 – Aggressive Index and NIfty 50 TRI. The CRISIL Hybrid 35+65 – Aggressive Index has 65% of the 200 TRI...



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Stock-analysis: Should you sell ITC and book losses?

The stock price of ITC has frustrated investors for the last few years. This can be concerning even for best of the breed long term investors who invested in the company looking at the fundamentals...



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GOI Bonds 6.67% (30Y) and 6.22% (15Y) on sale Nov 17th and 18th

Govt of India (GOI) has announced the sale (Re-issue) of Rs. 9000 crore worth of 6.22% Government Bonds maturing in 2035 and Rs. 5000 crore worth of 6.67%  Government Bonds maturing in 2050. Retail...



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Income Tax relief for home buyers: What you need to know

As part of various relief measures taken by the Government in response to the economic slowdown post-COVID-19, the Finance Minister (FM) has announced a very attractive income tax relief for home...



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Portfolio Rebalancing FAQ Part 3

We continue answering frequently asked investor questions on portfolio rebalancing to help with practical implementation. The first part (question 1 to 13) is available here: Portfolio Rebalancing:...



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How to earn one lakh a month passive income?

In this article, we shall discuss how to earn one lakh a month as passive income and why methods like running ads or writing books will not work! In previous articles in this series, we defined what...



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Lessons from a middle-class crorepati!

A very happy Diwali/Deepavali to all readers. In this article, I share some lessons from interacting with my friend and mentor. Getting this published took quite a bit of persuasion, and he asked...



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Portfolio Rebalancing FAQ Part 2

We continue answering frequently asked investor questions on portfolio rebalancing to help with practical implementation. The first part (question 1 to 13) is available here: Portfolio Rebalancing:...



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