Reliance has been the ‘market engine’ ever since it came out with IPO during 1977; this is what many market veterans would like to remember it as. The company has been in the news recently when it completed the sale of about 10 per cent stake in its retail unit to a clutch of foreign…
Continue reading →Govt of India (GOI) has announced the sale (Re-issue) of Rs. 5000 crore worth of 6.67% Government Bonds maturing in 2050 via price-based auction. Up to 5% of the notified amount will be allotted to retail investors who can participate in this sale via the NSEGoBid platform. Here are the details. Bond name: 667GS2050A –…
Continue reading →It is now possible for retail investors in India to directly buy US stocks. One question that is now becoming popular among the investor community is, “can I buy US stocks (in particular US tech stocks) directly instead of investing in a US index like Nasdaq 100 or S & P 500?” SEBI registered fee-only advisor Avinash Luthria…
Continue reading →If you do not like to do complex financial planning calculations, here are some interesting and easy to use back-of-the-envelope financial planning calculations! About the author: Swapnil is a SEBI Registered Investment Advisor and part of my list of fee-only financial planners. You can learn more about him and his service via his website Vivektaru….
Continue reading →This weekend, make a little alone time to list your new year resolutions and implement them from Dec 1st. If those resolutions have anything to do money management, here are two free-books and free seminar that could help. Why you should make new year resolutions in November and implement them from Dec 1st? In his…
Continue reading →Have you ever wondered how much money a content writer can make? In this article, professional content writer Smriti explains what to expect as a content writer and how to earn a regular income from it. Content writing is a powerful tool to attract potential clients to your business or service. Quality content writers are…
Continue reading →Here is a step by step guide to e-file income tax return (ITR4) for AY 2020-21. Please consider forwarding this to a person who is going to file returns for this first time. You can also consult Guide to e-file Income Tax Return: ITR2, ITR3 and ITR5 About the author: Anjesh Bharatiya is a 30+…
Continue reading →Motilal Oswal 5 Year G-Sec ETF is an open-ended scheme replicating/tracking Nifty 5-year Benchmark G-Sec Index. It is being marketed as a “safe” and “a low-cost alternative to FDs”. In this review, we show this is not true and what investors need to know about this ETF. Suppose you buy a five-year G-sec bond vis…
Continue reading →Investors face the dilemma whether to invest in the FMCG company Tata Consumer Products Limited at this juncture when the stock has already seen a huge rally of 300% in the past 5 years and if it’s still a ‘value buy’. The company [erstwhile Tata Global Beverages Limited] was in the news recently when the…
Continue reading →Buying a car is a dream for most of us, and these days it is a reality. Hence the dream has become a desire, and slowly now the desire is becoming a necessity. Behind buying a home, a car would be the second biggest big-ticket purchase in our lives. Hence we need to give it…
Continue reading →Govt of India (GOI) has announced the sale (Re-issue) of Rs. 7000 crore worth of 6.8% Government Bonds maturing in 2060 via price-based auction. Retail investors can participate in this sale via the NSEGoBid platform. Here are the details. Bond name: 680GS2060E – GS (6.80% GS 2060). Bidding dates: 24th and 25th Nov 2020. Time:…
Continue reading →In this article, we analyse the dividend payouts of ITC and discuss if the stock is worth buying for its dividend payouts. This is a followup to the detailed analysis of the stock published a few days ago: Should you sell ITC and book losses? About the author: Ravi Kumar has a degree in Computer Engineering….
Continue reading →A few days ago, we discussed the lifestyle of Santhosh a middle-class crorepati. I received three questions from young earners that can be paraphrased as, “I cannot be like Santhosh. I like to live a good life with a car and expensive smartphones. However, I feel guilty that if I continued my lifestyle, it will…
Continue reading →In this article, let us try and answer if Tata Motors share is a good buy. Investors holding on to Tata Motors stock haven’t got respite and stock has been seeing the levels last seen almost a decade ago but is it worth to hold onto the stock and that too in the automobile segment…
Continue reading →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. If we build a well-diversified retirement portfolio – a retirement basket as PV Subramanyam of subramoney.com would say – we can approach retirement with confidence and…
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