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 ...

A reader says, “I am attempting to start an experiment within my family. The plan is to create an inheritance pot each generation tries to hand over to the next generation. If they can add to the ...

One of my biggest regrets is being unable to splurge on my parents – buy them expensive gifts, take them on holidays, etc. My dad died when I was in debt (due to his hospital bills), and my mom became ...

Last Updated on June 24, 2025 at 3:00 pm Ever since the announcement of the Unified Pension Scheme (UPS), I had assumed that it would also apply to the Union Government’s Central Autonomous Bodies ...

This article compares my stock portfolio with an equivalent investment in a Nifty index fund and the Nifty 100 Low Volatility 30 TR index. We post this comparison each month. Before we begin, new ...

A reader asks, “Can I use a simple equity + debt portfolio instead of multiple retirement buckets? Won’t this be easier to manage?” When I was younger, I would have agreed with the reader. Age and ...

We recently received an interesting email, which is reproduced below with the author’s permission. “I have come across your work in the field of saving/investing for financial independence very ...

This is a debt mutual fund screener for portfolio selection, tracking, and learning. It also includes hybrid funds that invest in bonds. It will satisfy investors who wish to invest in money market ...

Readers often send us their mutual fund portfolios and ask for help in decluttering them. That is reduced unnecessary funds. Since we do not offer investment advice, we can do the next best thing – ...

We discuss how to plan for financial goals 5-10 years away. They are neither long-term to include equity nor short-term to avoid equity completely.