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Source: Live Mint Is long-term capital gain from the sale of jewellery taxable for an individual whose income is lower than the basic exemption limit? If yes, what is the rate of tax on such capital gains? Answer: Jewellery is treated as a capital asset, and any profit made from the sale of a capital…
Source: Live Mint Preserving family wealth and ensuring business continuity across generations is intricate and involves legal, financial, and strategic considerations. Recent survey insights reveal a growing appreciation among affluent Indian families for the importance of this essential endeavour. Succession planning: An imperative Succession planning is not merely about deciding who inherits what; it is…
Source: Live Mint Prior to investing in a mutual fund, investors are advised to evaluate the performance of different schemes in the same category to gauge their historical performance. This not only gives investors a peek into the scheme’s historical performance but also tempers their expectations of its future performance. For instance, when a scheme,…
Source: Live Mint At the time of opening a fixed deposit, it is recommended to compare the interest rates offered by different banks. Although most banks offer somewhat similar rates, a marginal difference of 40-50 basis points can raise your wealth considerably. Another factor that helps accumulate wealth is the tenure for which the deposit…
Source: Live Mint As terrible as the pandemic was for the world, one positive outcome was that stock markets piqued the interest of the youth in India. As work-from-home ensued and stock markets rallied, retail investor participation in Indian equities skyrocketed. From just 4 crore demat accounts in FY20, the number of demat accounts in…
Source: Live Mint The stock market slid on Monday in response to tremendous selling pressure on concerns around the HMPV virus, and on foreign institutional investors (FII) sell-off, resulting in benchmark indices declining by over 1.5 per cent. Amid all this, sectoral indices witnessed steep losses and the worst-affected sectors included Nifty PSU Bank, Metal,…
Source: Live Mint If you face a temporary cash crunch and are in an urgent need of funds, you can use the gold sitting in your locker to tide over your cash flow issues. Banks and non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) offer gold loans for tenures as short as three months to as long as five…
Source: Live Mint HDFC Bank has cut its marginal cost of funds-based lending rate on select tenures by upto 5 basis points. After the change, MCLR will now range between 9.15 percent and 9.45 percent. The new rates will come into force from Jan 7, 2025 onwards. What is MCLR? MCLR refers to the marginal…
Source: Live Mint When he became an investment manager, he adopted an absolutely opposite approach. He no longer believed in the eraser. He built a reputation for his ability to stick to his convictions, even if it meant lagging the markets for a while. Jain’s track record in HDFC Asset Management Co. Ltd as one…
Source: Live Mint Most banks give reward points to their credit cardholders for transactions in specified categories. It is one of the ways in which banks reward their cardholders for using the credit cards. Cardholders can use these reward points in various ways. Most cardholders use them to pay for purchase transactions, avail of statement…
