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What to do when Stock Markets suddenly go up?

“Far more money has been lost by investors preparing for corrections, or trying to anticipate corrections, than has been lost in corrections themselves.” – Peter Lynch

This May we have seen BSE SENSEX moving from the levels of 39,031 on 30th April to 37,090 on 13th May and then back again to 39,352 on 20th May. Such volatility in such a short period makes us doubt our investment decisions and questions our long-term plan of staying invested in the equities. This Market volatility has the power to change our investment strategies and at times even question it. Sometimes we think that we have missed a golden investment opportunity and on other times we assume that we have invested at a very bad time. At the very best it keeps us confused on our next steps.
John Maynard Keynes has rightly said that "Markets can remain irrational for longer than you can remain solvent." But how should we treat our investments when we come across such turbulent times and what is the right course…
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Union Budget and Your Financial Plan?

Honorable Financial Minister Piyush Goyal presented this year’s Interim Budget on 1st February 2019. Every Year, on the day of the budget announcement, you can see almost every individual glued on to their Television or mobiles to check the budget updates with much excitement. Sometimes the Budget announcements cheer us and sometimes they make us sad as we think that there are not many benefits being offered for individuals in our tax slab.

Budget is also referred as Annual Financial Statement as it contains an extensive account of the Government’s finances i.e. Government’s revenue and expenditure for the fiscal year. How relevant is this budget when it comes to our personal financial savings? Should we wait for the Budget to be announced and then start our investments or should we do our investments without any relevance to the Budget? Let’s discuss this in detail.
Budget helps in Tax Planning

Budget surely helps in planning the taxes for the next financial year. Budget is presente…
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