Expert Columns

Impact of Inflation on fixed income investments  

24 May 2013, 12.45 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Investors often make an investment without taking inflation in to consideration. Understanding inflation is one important aspect of prudent investment...

DWS Investment Opportunity: Suitable for high-risk takers  

24 May 2013, 11.26 am  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

DWS Investment Opportunity Fund is an open ended fund belonging to Diversified Equity category. According to financial expert Arnav Pandya, investors ...

How financial mistakes will come back to haunt you  

22 May 2013, 4.38 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Financial planning, as most would believe is not only just about planning for your retirement or investing wisely. If you actually crunch it to the co...

Protecting your interest in case of tax adjustments  

22 May 2013, 4.35 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Income tax payers are often at the receiving end of some steps taken by the Income tax department at the time of completing their assessments. ...

How to save money using debt consolidation?  

22 May 2013, 4.34 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Many times people end up fighting with banks and do not pay the bills and get a 'settled' remark on their credit card account, which in turn pull down...

Smart Home Loan: Is it really a smart choice?  

22 May 2013, 4.28 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

“Home, sweet home”, this phrase builds visuals of a comfortable, well planned, and neat house with kids playing. This is also the biggest investme...

Retail in Asia Pacific- Mercury rising beyond India & China  

22 May 2013, 2.49 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Reflecting the improving economic sentiments within the Asia Pacific region, retail is once again emerging as a preferred asset class for investors wh...

Importance of rebalancing investment portfolio   

22 May 2013, 10.33 am  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

To maintain a healthy portfolio, it is important to identify and eliminate unsuitable elements in the portfolio, which may damage your overall returns...

Tax deduction at sources and its workings  

21 May 2013, 6.56 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

There are several details related to the entire TDS process that has to be seen carefully and hence here is a look at several terms as well as conditi...

Not-so-good investment options for retirement planning  

21 May 2013, 6.53 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

There are several important reasons why one should take significantly less investment risk during retirement than before retirement....

Pick the right fund to benefit from falling interest rates  

21 May 2013, 3.00 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Interest rates are likely to fall down in the given drooping inflation index. As it is a well known fact that interest rates and bond prices are inver...

Bond with the bond funds  

21 May 2013, 11.39 am  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Fixed Income instruments are becoming increasingly popular among investors in the current interest regime. While many investments provide some form of...

Does it make sense to buy diesel car to save on fuel cost?  

20 May 2013, 4.31 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

If one had visited a car dealership a year ago and inquired about purchasing a diesel car, he would have been told a 4-5 month waiting period for gett...

Inflation Indexed Bonds- Retail investors eagerly demands  

20 May 2013, 3.59 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Inflation indexed bonds is introduced by RBI with an objective to reduce the appetite for gold. It will be linked to WPI index to reduce the impact of...

Inflation index bonds not very appealing due to WPI link   

20 May 2013, 3.46 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

RBI has issued 12-15,000 crore of Inflation indexed bonds that are linked to WPI. However, retail investors are more interested in CPI than WPI index ...

Sticking to advice of your Financial Planner is essential  

20 May 2013, 3.37 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Choose your advisor/ financial planner with care; but after that, follow the advice to completely. ...

Debunking myths and wise use of credit cards!  

20 May 2013, 1.23 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

It is always easy to buy rather than pay and credit cards are based on the simple rule: buy now and pay later. ...

Does it make sense to opt for a joint home loan?  

20 May 2013, 1.22 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

A home loan is usually the biggest liability in an individual’s life, and thus needs to be carefully taken....

Know the difference between NRE and NRO account   

20 May 2013, 12.08 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Many NRIs are often faced with the situation of maintaining a Rupee account in India. There are two options available with NRI interested in opening b...

Will dipping inflation trigger RBI to deliver robust policy  

17 May 2013, 4.45 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

WPI based Inflation has been on a declining trend and stood at 4.89% for April-13. The core inflation also eased. According to financial fixed income ...

IDFC Sterling Equity: Good performer; holds strong outlook  

17 May 2013, 11.16 am  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

IDFC Sterling Equity Fund had delivered good performance over different time frame. Accoring to Arnav Pandya, this fund focuses on medium sized compan...

Pune`s new `Green Living` communities  

16 May 2013, 4.06 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Over the last decade, lifestyle has evolved as an important and often decisive factor in the Indian real estate industry. ...

The role of Lender`s Engineer in developer loan approvals  

16 May 2013, 4.04 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

A knowledgeable, involved and neutral Lender Engineer can bring tangible and definite advantages that go beyond the stamp of approval to the developer...

Have you rebalanced your portfolio?  

16 May 2013, 3.49 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Markets touching new highs is making investors perplex on whether to book profit, invest or hold their investment. It is always advisable to realign y...

Tax aspect of Bank Deposit and Corporate fixed deposit  

16 May 2013, 3.42 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

FDs are becoming popular investment among investors in the current interest regime. However, the actual return earned on a fixed deposit can be less t...

Need funds for wedding: Go for loan against property   

16 May 2013, 3.00 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Loan against property is better for making your son’s / daughter wedding a grand occasion. Many times people borrow money using personal loans to fu...

Things to know before investing in Fixed Deposits  

15 May 2013, 5.23 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Fixed deposits have always been popular due to their characteristics of safety of capital and a surety of returns. The high interest rates of the past...

Why investment goal is important to build a good portfolio  

15 May 2013, 1.33 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Investor often make mistake of investing blankly without setting appropriate goal. This later leads to investors been dissatisfied with returns on his...

The best time to invest is when you have the money   

15 May 2013, 12.56 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

A typical question asked by investors to a financial advisor is 'What is a good time to invest in equity funds?' According to financial expert Sanjiv ...

Gold prices jumps 500% in 7 years, what next?  

14 May 2013, 6.46 pm  |  Source: Moneycontrol.com

Gold prices: It is a good option to hold gold as a part of your portfolio to counter the unanticipated economic or political situations. But investing...