In July 2023, we shared an interesting reader story about Shankar (not his real name), who had been burdened with debt for ...

Typically, retirement is the last and most important financial goal for most families. Before retirement, the kids would have ...

A reader wants to know how to invest a retirement corpus of Rs 5 Crores.  Age: 55; wife's age 56; Annual expenses are about ...

We determine the corpus needed for a 50-year-old to retire immediately if monthly expenses are Rs. 1,00,000?" Let us compute ...

Last year, when we published the Unified Pension Scheme vs National Pension Scheme Calculator, many readers were surprised ...

The 4% withdrawal rule for retirement planning assumes excessive equity allocation (50-75%), which makes it impractical. To ...

I have been investing for my son's future (college and other expenses) since Dec 2009 - a month before he was born (He is 15 ...

In this article, SEBI RIA Abhishek Kumar reviews SEBI's Draft Circular on Revised MF Categorisation Rules. About the ...

The mutual fund industry keeps talking about how X or Y fund or fund category is an “alternative” to a fixed deposit. Is this true? Which mutual fund is a good alternative to a fixed deposit? The ...

These are the mutual fund taxation rules for FY 2025-2026. These are derived from Manmohan Sethumadhavan’s fantastic Capital Gains Taxation Rules Ready Reckoner for FY 2025-2026. Surcharge and cess ...