Explained: All about asset allocation and how it helps you reach your money goals
With markets now near all-time highs, one of the jargons that is on top of the pile is “Asset Allocation”. Every newsletter or interview, whether of your fund manager, your broker or your bank refers to this term and advises investors to heed market valuations and “stick to their asset allocation”. While Asset Allocation is…
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Eight timeless truisms to start your engagement with money this New Year on a good note
Another year has come to an end, and another New Year has peeped into our lives. Every New Year, by its very birth, fills us with optimism, which in a way is good. And every New Year, we try to channelize that rejuvenated optimism into action through resolutions. This is also a good time to…
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The 3 most important words I have said as an adult
Becoming an adult is one of the biggest thresholds that a human being crosses in his or her life. For a young one on the verge of this threshold (for context, we are talking here about the legal definition of crossing the age of 18 years), it comes with the promises of many excitements and…
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Explained: All about asset allocation and how it helps you reach your money goals
With markets now near all-time highs, one of the jargons that is on top of the pile is “Asset Allocation”. Every newsletter or interview, whether of your fund manager, your broker or your bank refers to this term and advises investors to heed market valuations and “stick to their asset allocation”. While Asset Allocation is…
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Hiring a Financial Advisor? Your investing style must be the deciding factor
What type of investor are you and how actually do you manage your personal finances? Am guessing that this is not something that many of us are familiar with or will find easy to answer. Unfortunately, while it should be, personal finance is not as “personal” a topic to most people as personal health is.…
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Why portfolio risk and asset allocation matter more than investment returns
A friend was talking to me recently about an interaction he was having with some others, where there was a furious debate on about where to invest, as well as which asset classes including geographies would deliver better returns going forward. As you would agree, this particular topic of debate is not uncommon at all…
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