Today we’ll talk about stock market crashes and how to handle them to the best of your abilities. But first, let me begin with a basic question. What is a Stock Market Crash? Well, Wikipedia defines a stock market crash as: A stock market crash is a sudden dramatic decline of stock prices across a significant cross-section of a stock […]
Stocks ( Equity )
How to adjust Short Term Capital Gains against the Basic Exemption Limit? | Tax Rules & Examples
Capital asset typically refers to anything an individual owns for personal or investment purposes. It includes all kinds of property, movable or immovable, tangible intangible, fixed or circulating. Capital assets are further classified as Financial assets and non-financial assets. Financial assets are intangible and represent the monetary value of a physical item. Stocks (Shares) and equity […]
My Latest Mutual Fund Portfolio | My Equity MF Picks
Investing is easy! Figuring out ‘where to invest’ is the hard part. Irrespective of my quantum of earnings, I have been judiciously saving money for making investments. As I opined, it can be a challenging task to identify right financial investments. I too learnt the investment lessons the hard way only. I have been investing […]
List of all Popular Investment Options in India – Features & Snapshot
India has one of the highest ‘net savings rates’ in the world (the national saving rate is about 20 per cent of GDP). However, the net savings rate as a % of GDP has been steadily declining since 2011-12. The other day, I was going through the IRDA’s annual report and noticed that the Domestic saving declined […]
RBI’s statistical data on Indian Households Savings & Investments (2017-18) | How & Where do we save & invest?
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released the latest volume of its annual statistical publication, ‘Handbook of Statistics on the Indian Economy – 2018‘ on 15th Sep, 2018. Through this publication, the Reserve Bank has been providing time series data on various Economic and Financial indicators for the Indian economy. You can find lot […]
10% LTCG Tax on sale of Stocks/Equity Mutual Funds | Budget 2018-19 Proposal
“Long Term Capital Gains on Equities will now be taxed at 10%.” This is the major news that is now making headlines across all media platforms. Thanks to the latest proposal made in Budget 2018-19. So, henceforth an investor of Stocks or Equity mutual funds has to pay 10% as taxes on Long Term Capital […]
