Sensex Hits Historic 85,000: To sell or not to sell? The dilemma explained

Sensex Hits Historic 85,000: To sell or not to sell? The dilemma explained

There are two sides to investing, buying and selling. The most basic purpose of any investment is to make profits. Those profits are useful to you, only if you actually book them when you sell your investment. However, the danger with focusing too much on profit booking is that you don’t want to indulge so … Read more

10 common behavioural biases that impact investment decisions

10 common behavioural biases that impact investment decisions

Many investors do not take a disciplined approach to secure and grow their finances, due to certain biases. Such biases lead to mistakes like having inadequate or low life cover, avoiding or making low investments in equity-oriented investments, ignoring retirement planning and exposing to high-risk and unregulated investments. This article flags those biases to help … Read more

The Buckingham Murders: Money lessons you can learn from Kareena Kapoor Khan’s latest thriller

The Buckingham Murders: Money lessons you can learn from Kareena Kapoor Khan’s latest thriller

Kareena Kapoor Khan alone carried the film Jaane Jaan (2023) on her capable shoulders despite support from good actors like Vijay Verma and Jaideep Ahlawat. This time she plays a grieving mother/cop who puts away the killer of her son and seeks a transfer to a smaller town. But small towns like Wycombe in England … Read more

‘The Crow’ reveals key money lessons: Financial wisdom from a cult classic reimagined

‘The Crow’ reveals key money lessons: Financial wisdom from a cult classic reimagined

When a cult classic is reimagined, it is natural that we will compare it to the original that was mind blowing visually and aurally, and came with the baggage of the accidental death of the much loved young action star in a story that resonates across generations. James O’Barr wrote the comic book as a … Read more

Global vs Indian Investing: Why diversification matters for your portfolio?

Global vs Indian Investing: Why diversification matters for your portfolio?

Most Indian investors have primarily focused on the domestic market for various reasons, including strong economic growth and solid fundamentals. This has led many to overlook investment opportunities abroad. Additionally, restrictions on transferring large sums of money outside India and the additional paperwork involved have further contributed to the India focus. Global opportunities and diversification … Read more

Soon depositors will be able to open a fixed deposit for 20 years: Report

Soon depositors will be able to open a fixed deposit for 20 years: Report

Typically, banks offer fixed deposits with a maximum tenure of 10 years. There is no bank that offers an FD with a tenure longer than 10 years. This may change soon. Suryoday Small Finance Bank plans to stretch the maximum tenor of a Fixed Deposit (FD) to over 20 years, and the depositors will also … Read more

Influencers rush to seek help on taxes to financial planning

Influencers rush to seek help on taxes to financial planning

Independent content creators who have seen a spike in their earnings are flocking to financial advisers, wealth managers and chartered accountants (CAs) to avoid tax troubles and plan investments in everything from financial instruments and real estate to startups. “The broad theme that we have learned while working on content creators’ portfolios is that the … Read more

Is luxury losing its luster? How status symbols became commonplace

Is luxury losing its luster? How status symbols became commonplace

There was a time not so long ago when luxury handbags made the loudest status statement. If you wanted to claim that you have arrived, without really using words to that effect, one just bought a luxury handbag, the cost of which onlookers could only guess would go into a few lakhs. Things have evolved … Read more

Angry Young Men: Money lessons from Salim-Javed’s groundbreaking cinematic journey

Angry Young Men: Money lessons from Salim-Javed’s groundbreaking cinematic journey

Salman Khan Films, Excel Films and Tiger Baby Films have hit the jackpot with a three episode show about Salim-Javed and their finest partnerships in Bollywood! The show airs on Amazon Prime Video starting on August 20, 2024. When today’s reels generation sits down to watch Sholay that has a 204 minute runtime (198 minutes … Read more

Be careful! We are already halfway through the bull run, says Jayesh Faria of Motilal Oswal

Be careful! We are already halfway through the bull run, says Jayesh Faria of Motilal Oswal

New investors should be cautious as they invest in the financial markets since we are already half-way through the bull run. And a lot of sectors and stocks are trading at a very high premium to their P/E averages, says Jayesh Faria, Director, Regional Head, West, Motilal Oswal Private Wealth in an email interview with MintGenie. He also … Read more