Before reading this article, hope you have read the first one – “Decoding Financial Advisers – Part 1“. We covered few scenarios on the usual suggestions made by the financial planners/advisers. In this article we cover the few more such scenarios. • “The number you have called is not responding to your call” • “I’ve […]
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Decoding Financial Advisers – Part 1
This is a guest post by Jayant Bhat. He has over 7 years experience in life insurance and reinsurance field as a senior financial underwriter and risk analyst. Jayant has been writing guest articles on this blog and you can read his previous article called “Are you investing in the right way?“. You can know […]
Review – Bajaj Allianz Shield Plus
Bajaj Allianz recently launched Shield Plus, a unit linked insurance plan (ULIP) last week. Going through the product details, it is assured to provide 170% returns on the premium paid at maturity. Policy has a fixed tenure of 10 years while the minimum premium is Rs 25,000. This is the first guaranteed product from Bajaj […]
Guide for Buying Insurance
Many of you have been asking me on which insurance plan is best based on some of my reviews before. Though I might have missed some of your mails/comments, here comes an easy guide to follow while buying insurance. My analysis reveals that most of the young folks who just started their career are the […]
Tax Planning Simplified – Part 2
We have learned about tax planning for Section 80C from previous post, where we can avail a maximum exemption of Rs 1,00,000 from the taxable income. Now let us explore the avenues beyond section 80C to avail the maximum tax benefit. For salaried individuals whose gross total income exceeds Rs 2,60,000 per annum, deductions under […]