A handy guide to mutual funds

What to do when things go wrong...

Market regulator SEBI has created an efficient grievance redress mechanism

‘We are looking for new ideas in sectors that will benefit from reforms’

‘There are enough opportunities to build a profitable portfolio’

‘Going by the RBI’s comments, we should assume the rate cycle is over’

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SIPs are good – except when they aren’t!

Systematic Investment Plans foster discipline, but they’re not suited for every product or market

With liquid funds, it’s all about timing and tax treatment

Your idle funds may in some cases earn better returns in a liquid fund. At other times, however, it’s best to let them loll around

The new, new thing? Or the old faithful?

There are exceptional circumstances in which it makes sense for retail investors to invest in new fund offers. But they are exceptional for a reason

Will Akasa Air’s contra bet on Boeing 737 Max instead of Airbus pay off?

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala’s Akasa airline has gone against the tide, placing its bets on Boeing aircrafts; it now needs to carve out a niche for itself

Breastfeeding, a responsibility, not choice

Rate of initiation of breastfeeding within an hour of birth has declined in 5 years

Blockchain: Piloting the future of aviation

Enables effective solutions that positively impact industry players and end consumers

What charts say about 6 key sectors and how to play them

Do note that all the indices are selected purely based on the price action seen on the charts using technical analysis

Looking for safe havens? Try treasury bills

Here is a complete lowdown on treasury bills, which are a good alternative to bank deposits, small savings schemes

Mastering Derivatives: Characteristics of option vega

Vega is positive for long calls and long puts

Auroville: An utopian search for a better world

Akash Kapur’s ‘Better to Have Gone’ traces what happens when we believe deeply in a quest and give up everything in its pursuit

Lady doctors and the rocky path to healing

A handbook on India’s first women doctors holds up a mirror to the social and political realities of the 19th and early 20th century

Conquering Everest: A compelling account of how an impossible dream was achieved

Jim Davidson dwells in detail on the failure to make it in the first attempt and the harrowing return to physically and emotionally draining climb up