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A jungle fable

It's a time for standing aside from the panic and thinking clearly about what your crisis goals are

A mind trick for yourself!

A neuroscientist explains the trick you must play to manage your money well

Nightmare for the non-digital

The sudden switch to digital dealing has caught some mutual fund investors unprepared, but help is at hand

Stick to the basics

The basic principles of savings and investment are not under lockdown. In fact, this is exactly the kind of situation where they would be most useful

A time to change gears mentally

The first shock in an equity investor's life is a big turning point that decides which way the future will go

The joy of volatility

Volatility in the equity markets is the best possible thing for investors

Quality is forever

The more uncertain and risky the future looks, the more fundamental business quality comes to the fore

It's not yet time for index funds

It's useful to periodically enquire whether it's time to switch to index funds because the answer is a moving target

Into the unknown

The COVID-19 crisis has only just begun and there's no point in guessing how long and deep the impact will be

Sellers, beware!

Buying into investments is easy. Selling them is difficult, especially the good ones

How to actually earn a regular income from mutual funds

With interest rates unlikely to head upward anytime soon, retirees need to get out of the FD mindset

The known unknowns

When everything seems uncertain, focus on the certainties

An unrepentant industry

The life insurance industry measures its success not by how much its customers are insured for, but how much money the customers pay

No strategy needed

If you need to change your savings strategy in response to crises like Covid-19, then you are doing it wrong anyway

Buffett's mistake

Protecting the downside of one investment from others is a key part of good investing

Real estate dreams and nightmares

Buying for the future makes sense sometimes, but never for real estate

Needed: a refocusing on NPS

The awareness gap about NPS remains huge

Just do the simple stuff

Keeping your investments simple means that you always understand what is happening and what you must do when things go wrong

Much more than a reboot

Nowadays, the word 'reboot' is often used even for minor changes in products and services. The new Value Research Online is far more than that-now, and far into the future

A great journey: mutual fund investing in India

We are entering a new world of mutual fund investing, where more and more investors are experiencing the superior returns and peace of mind that real investing brings.

Time to forget about PPF

Savers think of PPF as the old reliable workhorse of tax-saving, but this is a delusion that is losing them vast sums of money

Numeracy makes for better investors

Investors need only basic arithmetic skills, and if they've forgotten school maths, these can be easily acquired. Here's the why and how of it

How long should that SIP be?

Have a chunk of money to invest? You should SIP it, but for how long a period?

Not by technique alone

Following the right processes is important for investing success, but hardly enough

What is this returns thing you keep talking about?

Many investors don't have a good grip on fundamental concepts like returns, but it's not their own fault

Identifying future large caps

There's no sure-shot way of identifying small caps that are future large caps but we can try

Ignore the anti-SIP propaganda

Seeing too many articles with clickbait headlines about problems with SIP? Understand what's happening

ULIPs are useless as insurance products

ULIPs are useless for providing the amount of life cover that savers actually need

The blackest swan

The coronavirus disaster demonstrates something we should never forget - truly unpredictable negative shocks are almost a certainty

Tips, operators and the stock market

Should tips or operator manipulation be deciding factors when investing in a stock?