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The cost inflation index for the financial year 2025-2026 is 376, representing a 3.58% increase. We compile 45 years of cost ...
The freefincal robo-advisor tool will now feature equity glide paths for retirement buckets, providing enhanced risk ...
A reader asks, "Would you please suggest how one can manage financially if one is not eligible for health insurance due to ...
In this edition of the reader story, Mr Alam provides the most detailed account of his financial journey: From a net worth of Rs. 6000 to auto-pilot goal-based investing. About this series: I am ...
Last Updated on May 21, 2024 at 10:24 am Readers often ask, “How much capital gains tax should I pay if I have no other income source?” The answer is quite simple. Up to the tax-free limit (using the ...
SEBI has created a new class of intermediaries called execution-only platforms (EOPs) for direct plan mutual funds. This will differentiate between an EOP and an RIA and provide clients with a clear ...
ITR Filing Schedule Capital Gains – details Use our comprehensive guides to file capital gains Step-by-step guide to enter MF and share capital gains in ITR2 (or ITR3) How to Set off &Carry Forward ...
Last Updated on December 20, 2023 at 8:47 am I evaluate the performance of my retirement portfolio and my son’s future portfolio each year in a personal finance audit. This is the 11th edition.
I evaluate my retirement portfolio’s performance and my son’s future portfolio each year in a personal finance audit. This is the tenth edition. Published from 2013 onwards, these audits provide a ...
Suppose our monthly expenses in the first year of retirement are Rs. 50,000. We buy an annuity so that our monthly pension = Rs. 50,000 (after tax!). This will take care of all our monthly expenses ...
4 How to select a health insurance policy: A Webinar This is a webinar by Deepak Mendiratta, managing director of plancover. Deepak has helped many families get medical cover and favourably resolved ...
Last Updated on May 21, 2025 at 9:13 am The freefincal mutual fund portfolio overlap tool (first published July 2017 and updated May 2019) is now fully updated to work blazing fast on Google Sheets.