A dazzling combo – 25 bps repo rate cut plus accommodative stance There were big expectations built around the monetary policy of June for various reasons. A new government had taken office and the new finance minister had promised to unleash th

Individual freedom, in many ways, becomes pointless in the absence of financial freedom. This is more so in the case of women. Unless women have the financial freedom to choose and build their own future, a lot of the talk of freedom remains just on

The beginning of the new financial year is when you normally get increments. If the increment is effective on a later date, you also get the arrears. In addition, there may be performance bonus for the period. In short, you are getting a healthy lump

When it comes to retirement, making the necessary money available is just one side of the story. The more challenging part is planning your post retirement life. You may plan to retire at 55 or at 60, but you still need to ensure that these years are

Back in the late 1980s high profile women in financial markets were few and far between. There was Tarjani Vakil at Exim Bank or Lalita Gupte at ICICI. But things changed post liberalization in the early 1990s. With better regulation of financial mar

BSE captures the gainers and the losers on a real time basis. Gaines and losers are always with reference to the closing price on the previous trading day. The BSE gainers are indexed descending from big gainers to small gainers. In terms of BSE lose

The National Stock Exchange (NSE) captures the top gainers and losers under various categories on a real time basis. The gainers and losers are with reference to the previous close price and are expressed in absolute terms and in percentage terms. Th

Creating wealth over the long run eventually boils down to managing your money better. You quite often find that people with the same level of income end up with vastly different amount of wealth just because one plans his savings and investments bet

Millennials are the next generation of the baby boomers. It is the young crowd that is tech savvy, has a good education and has joined the productive mainstream. We can argue that investing essentials remain the same for everyone, but here is the cro

The GDP growth for the June quarter has fallen to a 7 year low of 5%. That is just one of the indicators. PMI manufacturing and PMI services are showing loss of momentum. The latest core sector growth is tepid at 2.1%. But the biggest signs of a slow

The first indications of the slowdown in growth were already there when the August policy was announced but there have been a lot of critical data points that came out post the August policy which hint at pressure on growth. GDP growth for June quart

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) concluded its meeting on 04th April and announced a 25 basis point cut in the repo rates, largely along expected lines. This is the second consecutive rate cut from RBI under new chief Shaktikanta Das, after a 25 b