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As an Editorial Consultant for BW Businessworld, Aniruddha writes independently on investor awareness, correct financial planning & investing practices and the impact of regulatory developments on the personal finance ecosystem. He holds an MBA with distinction from Oxford.
A startling number of investment decisions go wrong every day courtesy a firmly ingrained tendency that most of us have; that is, the proclivity to seek out information that is consistent with our already pre-existing points of view. This deleterious mental bias is known as the "confirmatory bias"
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Despite widespread efforts to create awareness about the perils of diverting long term savings to low return assets, a staggeringly large cross section of Indian retirement savers invests in fixed deposits and savings accounts to create their retirement funds
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Post the demonetisation lead strife, the air was laden with expectation of widespread tax cuts as a possible 'appeasement' for the collective pain undertaken by the populace, post the historic November 8 announcement
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Those earning between Rs 50 lakh and Rs 1 crore per annum were dealt a body blow, with a new surcharge of 10 per cent being slapped on their incomes from the following fiscal
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The 2-lakh deduction limit on the interest paid on home loans desperately needs a re-look
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Broking houses, ably supported by some media channels, go on to release a plethora of short-term 'budget' trading calls or bets, cashing in on the hype to shore up their trading volumes and revenues
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The answers to the reader's queries, which could broadly benefit all debt fund investors, are presented hereunder in the collective interest of all readers of BW Businessworld.
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Women and Men both make Financial Planning mistakes. Here are a few mistakes that I've observed as peculiar to Women in my experience
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Arun Thukral, MD & CEO, Axis Securities speaks to BW Businessworld on his outlook on the markets, the role of technology in shaping investor behaviours, and his competitive strategy for Axis Securities
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Avoid LIC's New Bima Bachat - it's neither 'Bima' nor 'Bachat'. Combine a simple term plan with a well-diversified portfolio of financial assets such as stocks, bonds, and mutual funds instead
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