Investment and jugaad: How this Pune executive achieved financial independence at 46

Investment and jugaad: How this Pune executive achieved financial independence at 46

Amit Upadhyaya, a Pune-based corporate executive, has achieved financial independence at age 46. Despite working for a French multinational (Dassault Systemes) for two decades, Upadhyaya does not credit his wealth to a high corporate salary or employee stock options. He sees it as the outcome of investing in the right stocks and funds and holding … Read more

Best mutual funds: Top performing schemes across categories of large cap, mid cap & small cap – should you invest?

Best mutual funds: Top performing schemes across categories of large cap, mid cap & small cap – should you invest?

If you are a retail investor and are exploring multiple mutual fund schemes to invest into, you are likely to examine the past returns delivered by the schemes across categories. Although the past returns do not guarantee a scheme’s future returns, they are still considered too important to be ignored. Here we scan through a … Read more

Kalki 2898 AD: 4 key money lessons to learn from Prabhas and Deepika Padukone’s film

Kalki 2898 AD: 4 key money lessons to learn from Prabhas and Deepika Padukone’s film

Kalki 2898 AD released in theatres in India on June 27, 2024 to a rousing reception. The movie has a stellar cast that includes Prabhas, Deepika Padukone, Amitabh Bachchan and Saswata Chatterjee.  The film’s box office collection was a whopping ₹95.3 crore on day 1 but dropped significantly on day 2.  Utopian Shambala protected by … Read more