"An Initial Public Offer of a Company A listed at 50% premium". This news was shouting loud in my ears from the front page of the leading business newspapers. After few days another one read "An Initial Public Offer of Company B listed at 30% premium". In recent past, it became a trend for an Initial Public Offer to list at minimum 30% premium. It is bare minimum now. Any Initial Public Offer listing at less than 30% means, the company is not doing well :). Now you must be wondering have i gone crazy suggesting readers not to invest in Initial Public Offer. Just to add that this post is ... Read More
The 5 Future Business Opportunities for Entrepreneurs to Start
Recently there was a lot of buzz in media/web related to high failure rate of startups. They shared a list of high-profile exits in recent past. Even i was shocked to know about the failure of some of the most promising businesses a few years back. At that time, the experts tagged them as Future Business Opportunities. Unfortunately, it didn’t turn out to be. Let’s accept the fact that the “Web” or “Media” is unforgiving. It was quite sad to read the ruthless and hard hitting reviews about the blue eyed boys or poster boys of entrepreneurship. In most of the cases, founders don’t share/accept ... Read More
Multibagger Stock – Can an Equity Investor Identify Them In Advance
Multibagger Stock is one the most loosely defined terms in the stock market. In my opinion, a tag of Multibagger Stock is used by so-called "Stock Gurus" or "Stock Market Experts/Analysts" to create a buying interest in the stock. I observed that most of the times, it is a trap to provide an EXIT route to some big operators. Normally, the beginners in the stock market are trapped in such marketing gimmicks. On one of the business channels, one of the stock expert suggest one stock before the market opens. He is well known Stock Market Expert. He will label his recommendation as a multibagger ... Read More
Is Life Insurance Cover 10 times Your Income Sufficient for Your Family
How much Life Insurance Cover should i avail? This is one of the most common questions creeping on personal finance forums/newspapers. Certified Financial Planners suggest that a cover of 10 times your annual income is sufficient. I find same suggestion for all such queries. Now, this advice is deep rooted in psychic of an individual who does proper research before buying a Life Insurance Cover. Recently i wrote a post, Life Insurance Plan - 5 Possible reasons why you should not buy. In that post, i highlighted 5 general cases under which an individual doesn't need Life Insurance Cover. There ... Read More
7 Important Money Lessons You Should Teach Your Child
"My child does not need Money Lessons, She knows it all". This was one of the responses i received from one of the parents during a social gathering. The topic of the discussion was "Today's generation does not know the value of money". Some of the parents stressed on the need of imparting money lessons to a child from an early age. I completely agree and concur. I decided to share my thoughts on this topic through a blog post. As i keep highlighting in my posts that from a personal finance perspective, India is one of the most financially illiterate countries. Due of this reason financial ... Read More
Adjust LTCG against the Basic Exemption Limit and Save Income Tax
Income Tax is one of the most complex subjects in India. Most of the taxpayers struggle on this front. Through the posts on this blog, i always share my learnings, means and ways to save Income Tax in a legitimate way. The objective is to decode and explain the complex income tax rules in a simplified manner. In this post, i will share how a taxpayer can adjust LTCG against the basic exemption limit. Thus tax savings for the taxpayer. Some of the points shared in this post are already discussed in earlier posts. I hate being repetitive but some of the readers might not be able to comprehend. ... Read More
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