New Delhi, July 25 -- Recently, a friend in the armed forces told me he was considering premature retirement. That's not unusual. Many people leave the forces after completing pensionable service to s... Read More
New Delhi, July 18 -- It's that time of the year when you sit down with your financial documents to file your income tax returns. Tax filing has certainly become much simpler, especially if you don't ... Read More
New Delhi, July 11 -- When the insurance regulator allowed portability in health insurance, the intent was to ensure policyholders were not trapped in a bad product or poor claims experience. The ide... Read More
New Delhi, July 11 -- When the insurance regulator allowed portability in health insurance, the intent was to ensure policyholders were not trapped in a bad product or poor claims experience. The ide... Read More
Bengaluru, July 8 -- If there was ever a compelling case for suitability-led selling in health insurance, this is it. Buried in the public disclosure documents of non-life insurers is a metric that of... Read More
New Delhi, July 4 -- Several behavioural economists have argued that market bubbles and crashes are often amplified by herd behaviour. While the sectors and themes may change every year, the tendency ... Read More
New Delhi, June 27 -- You walk into a bank to get a home loan for your dream house, but you walk out with something you never asked for: an insurance policy bundled into your loan because the bank off... Read More
New Delhi, June 20 -- For investors whose market experience began with the post-pandemic rally, the idea of waiting patiently for long-term returns may seem counterintuitive. After enjoying bumper gai... Read More
New Delhi, June 13 -- Organic farmers' markets, now commonplace across metros and large cities, were still nascent when I first encountered one more than a decade ago while living in Chennai. Amid ma... Read More
New Delhi, June 6 -- When you write about personal finance, friends generally tend to cozy up and ask questions around their investments. In most cases, investments are never part of a thought-through... Read More