Don't sleep on your retirement plan

When your NPS account is frozen, the administrative fix is quick and easy. But to keep it that way requires better savings habits.

Look once a year, not daily

Your portfolio needs one careful look a year, not a daily glance at the red and green

Mostly vanity, occasionally the taxman

The new regime ended the old March scramble over tax-saving; the instinct behind it has merely moved up the wealth ladder

For once, I am not telling you to ignore the news

I make a living telling you the headlines cannot help your portfolio. This time, I find I cannot look away.

Stop fussing over where to invest

When you are starting out, how much you save matters far more than which fund you choose

The slow learner

A business can improve in plain sight for years before its price admits it