Your equity portfolio is typically vulnerable to big events, both domestic and global. When we talk of 2019, the first thing that comes to mind is the General elections. While that is surely one major consideration, it has been witnessed that markets

Two-thousand-eighteen was a tumultuous year for the stock markets. While the markets did not lose value overall, there was a huge disparity in the performance of stocks within the indices. While companies with a solid consumption story did extremely

Blue-chip stocks refer to pedigree stocks which comprise a majority of the benchmark Nifty or Sensex indices in India. These stocks represent a bulk of the market capitalization and are also a proxy for the growth of the industry in particular and th

The year 2018 has been full of volatility and surprises for Indian investors. The NSE benchmark Nifty had opened at 10,531.70 on January 01, 2018, and registered a high of 11,760.20 on August 28, 2018, before losing out all of its gains to trade at 1

Year 2018 has been a volatile affair in more ways than one. Apart from the imposition of the tax on long-term capital gains (LTCG) and dividend distribution tax (DDT) on equity funds, the year also saw nerve-wracking volatility in macros. The Indian

Investments in the Indian mutual fund sector have become increasingly popular. However, investments these days entail so many terms that a new investor would be left perplexed. An example of one such mix-up is the confusion between ELSS and SIP. L

Many want to trade in the share markets but are unable to due to a variety of reasons. 5Paisa highlights the ten obstacles that hinder people from trading. A few of these hurdles are materialistic, while the others are psychological. Let’s take a l

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We always wish we had more money to spend. If left unchecked, such thoughts can affect us and make us spend more than our budget. Don’t be alarmed, crossing the budget limit is very common, especially for salaried people. Nonetheless, one should al

Getting a raise in salary is one of the best things for an employee. Professionals from all walks of life set targets and make wish lists in anticipation of a salary raise. A salary raise is usually an occasion for a celebration. To the more savings-

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Union Budget 2018-19 is the most widely discussed topic these days. Everyone has high expectations from this budget particularly, as it is the first budget post GST era and the last full budget of the NDA Government for its term from 2014-19. It is