Murky world of stock forecast

It's not possible to predict what happens in the market in the short term. Yet, all kinds of media work hard to maintain the illusion that this is not only possible, but routine.

Zero tax for foreigners, a tax on inflation for Indians

SEBI wants foreign investors freed from capital gains tax. The Indian saver who stayed while they sold still pays it on gains that are partly just inflation.

The cost of growing

Growth is only good when it pays its own way

Cap the Investor, Not the Industry

A per-person limit on the fund route would steady the rupee better than freezing the whole industry

Your fund lost money. That doesn't make it a bad fund.

September and October have left most portfolios in the red. That number says more about when you invested than about the fund you chose.

The right question

After 24 years, readers' worries have changed, but the real challenge is still knowing which questions to ask