UncategorizedFebruary 1, 2021by Monika Halan0Budget with Times Now
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Expense AccountJanuary 29, 2021by Monika Halan0Economic Survey 2020-21 points to a big fiscal push as Budget 2021 goes for growth
It is not often that an Economist and a government one at that is able to bring energy and passion in a speech. But India’s Chief Economic Advisor K V Subramanian managed the impossible when he presented the highlights of Economic Survey 2020-21 on 29 January 2021. Using stories to put across complex economic concepts,...
Expense AccountFinancial LiteracyMoneyPersonal FinanceJanuary 27, 2021by Monika Halan0Tax democracy, more money to spend and a deep discount bond is my wish list from Budget 2021
When thousands of tractors run amok over the roads of Delhi, battering public goods and public servants because the demand of a section of ‘farmers’ for repeal of farm laws is not met, it is a good time to ask some questions. Who are these people and how is it that they drive in SUVs,...
Expense AccountInvestmentsMoneyPersonal FinanceJanuary 20, 2021by Monika Halan1No way! It can’t go higher! Sensex at 50k gets the same reactions as at 4k.
It’s happened. The Sensex has hit the big milestone of 50,000 points today, 21 January 2021. The Indian stock market, filled with money of global and domestic investors is celebrating the reviving economy, the vaccine roll-out and the big-bang budget signals coming from North Block. It can be said, the market is celebrating the re-rating of...
Expense AccountFinancial LiteracyMoneyMutual FundsPersonal FinanceJanuary 12, 2021by Monika Halan2How to use the new mutual fund risk-o-meter
In March 2020 we understood risk a little better in both equity and debt mutual funds. Better returns have been one of the reasons that investors released the safety belt of the fixed deposit to ride market-linked returns in both equity and debt. But higher returns and liquidity come with a greater risk. Investors need...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with leading economists of the country on charting the economic agenda in the post-COVID world and highlighted government’s commitment to developing world-class infrastructure and the economic potential set to be unleashed by National Optical Fibre Network. He highlighted the faith shown by foreign investors in India’s growth story, with foreign direct investment...
Expense AccountFinancial LiteracyInvestmentsLet's Talk MoneyMoneyPersonal FinanceUncategorizedJanuary 6, 2021by Monika Halan3Your money vaccine for 2021
The year 2020 was one of fear for our health, jobs and net worth. A small section of the Indian investors – those with the right exposure to equity and with a good blend of bonds and stocks – did well. The rest just looked on from the sidelines and wished they had the mindset...
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) working paper by Harendra Kumar Behera and RBI deputy governor Michael Debabrata Patra on inflation targeting has waded right into one of the world’s most vibrant policy debates, one between inflation hawks and dis-inflationists. The former believe that easy-money policies pursued after the West’s financial crisis of 2008-09 that have given...
Expense AccountFinancial LiteracyMintMoney With MonikaPersonal FinanceDecember 30, 2020by Monika Halan0Year-end lessons: Adaptability, resilience, hope
It is a different feeling to actually go through difficulty. Reading about the 1930s Depression or watching movies that tell stories of a great crisis and how the human spirit rose up to the occasion and emerged stronger—battle scarred, but better—after it fought back, is very different from facing real danger. It is another thing...
Expense AccountMintMoneyDecember 24, 2020by Monika Halan0The year we confronted death
You get opportunities to hit reset every once in a while. All the major life stages give you that—marriage, childbirth, a job loss, a death in the family. These are events that have in them the potential to make you pause, rethink who you are, rework things that need redoing, and move forward on a...