Life is unpredictable and this is a good enough reason for every individual to invest in a life insurance plan. If you are a smoker, you must buy term insurance because the possibility of a smoker dying earlier is higher...
What is PPF Account The Public Provident Fund Act, 1968, governs the Public Provident Fund Scheme. As backed by the government of India, the major objective of the PPF scheme is to encourage the habit of savings among a salaried...
Until a few years ago, credit scores and TransUnion Credit Information Bureau (India) Limited (CIBIL) report were not something that people used to worry about. Thanks to the Internet, nowadays, more and more people have started to become aware of...
What is SIP? A systematic investment plan or SIP is an investment vehicle which allows you to invest a fixed sum of money on a regular basis in a mutual fund scheme. Benefits of SIP Since investments in SIP are...
As per the Income Tax rules in our country, there is no tax on annual income up to Rs. 2.5 lacs. To encourage saving, the government provides an exemption of an additional Rs. 1.5 lacs (under section 80 C of...
A Systematic Investment Plan (SIP) helps you invest a predefined amount of money into mutual funds at periodic intervals (daily, monthly, quarterly, etc.). A SIP works quite like a recurring bank deposit, on the basis of periodic and consistent investments....
Vikas Agarwal graduated from IIT-Varanasi in Chemical Engineering. He is the Founder and CEO of Finaacle.com an investment advisory website. He is a Business Development Professional but a Value Investor at heart. He writes articles on Finaacle, which focuses on simplifying the art of investing and the causes of human misjudgment when it comes to investing. He also share his experiences as an investor and lessons from some of the greatest investors of all time. 
