MintMoneyMoney BoxMarch 29, 2019by Monika Halan0New Middle India’s pushback and the Big Indian Dream
Why the emerging middle India is suspicious of the old elite.
Expense AccountFinancial LiteracyLet's Talk MoneyMintMoneyMoney With MonikaPersonal FinanceFebruary 15, 2019by Monika Halan1Opinion | Only more sunshine will stop the rot
The Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS) contagion is spreading. After mutual funds and non-banking financial companies (NBFCs), it is the turn of the exempt pension funds to be worried about their investment in bonds from the beleaguered institution. The story is: as non-performing asset-laden banks dried up lending to firms, these companies turned to...
Expense AccountFinancial LiteracyInvestmentsLet's Talk MoneyMintMoneyMoney BoxMoney With MonikaJanuary 30, 2019by Monika Halan0What we want (and what we get) from the Budget
Understand the budget better. We will not pay lower income tax anytime soon. More Indians need to pay income tax before the rates go down.
Let's Talk MoneyMintMoneyMoney BoxMoney With MonikaMutual FundsUncategorizedJanuary 16, 2019by Monika Halan0Money With Monika Season 2, Episode 5: A guide to mutual fund SIPs
“A systematic investment plan, or SIP, is a route to a mutual fund and not the mutual fund itself,” explains personal finance expert Monika Halan in this episode of Money With Monika.“An SIP is similar to a recurring deposit (RD) in a way that it cultivates a savings habit, but they differ in returns. RDs...
Expense AccountLet's Talk MoneyMintMoneyMoney BoxMoney With MonikaMutual FundsJanuary 2, 2019by Monika Halan0Money with Monika Season 2, Episode 3: How debt mutual funds work
Debt funds carry risk that many sellers don't talk about. Watch this to understand debt funds better.
Consumer RightsExpense AccountMintMoneyDecember 12, 2018by Monika Halan0Reserve Bank’s ‘independence’ costs you money
RBI's independence is important but so is accountability in its function as a regulator of banks. Retail consumers have suffered this lack of accountability in India due to RBI's turf issues.
Expense AccountFinancial LiteracyMintMoneyMutual FundsNovember 14, 2018by Monika Halan0Money lessons not child’s play
Kids do what you do and not what you say. The key to financially cool kids is to be cool yourself!
Expense AccountFinancial LiteracyLet's Talk MoneyMintMoneyNovember 12, 2018by Monika Halan0What is Initiative Q, why it seems attractive and should you sign up for it?
Do not trust deals that promise to make you rich overnight or deals that promise to make you rich without investing any money or time.
Financial LiteracyInvestmentsMintMoneyMoney BoxPersonal FinanceNovember 7, 2018by Monika Halan0Let Deepavali be the hard deadline for your money box reset
Give your money box a Deepavali deadline. Create it, fill it and fix it.
Expense AccountInvestmentsMoneyMutual FundsOctober 24, 2018by Monika Halan0Sebi is on the war path to lower mutual fund costs
There is enough evidence that mutual funds were out of line and therefore the intervention by Sebi. What it means is lower costs for investors.