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Image used for representational purposes. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Retirement planning is a crucial aspect of personal finance. Rising life expectancy, growing prevalence of nuclear families and lack of social security for the elderly have further increased its importance. Here are some suggestions to avoid common retirement planning errors. Underestimating needs Many investors wrongly…

Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters The combined market valuation of seven of the top-ten most valued firms declined by ₹35,439.36 crore in a holiday-shortened last week, with State Bank of India (SBI) taking the biggest hit, in line with a muted trend in equities. Last week, the BSE benchmark climbed…

Image used for representational purposes. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/istockphoto Investing in passion assets can be exciting, but it needs a large investment. Also, maintaining passion assets such as art and wine requires special care involving a huge cost. Here, we discuss how you should, if you want to, move investments to passion assets. Reverse…

Representative image. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphotos The rupee fell 5 paise to 89.95 against the U.S. dollar in early trade on Monday (December 29, 2025) amid foreign fund outflows and a muted opening in the domestic equity markets. Forex traders said foreign portfolio investors continue to offload Indian equities, which has been weighing on…

Image used for representational purposes. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/istockphoto For now, hiding a pre-existing disease (PED) from an insurer before buying a health policy might seem to be an advantage with a lower cost premium. However, the reality is that it can lead to rejection of the claim or even policy cancellation. In both…

Representative image | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphotos Stock market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty eked out marginal gains in early trade on Monday (December 29, 2025) but later picked up momentum, tracking a firm trend in Asian peers and sustained buying by domestic institutional investors. The 30-share BSE Sensex went up by 22.24 points to…

This photo taken on February 2, 2024 shows Lu Yu, head of Product Management and Operations of Wantalk, an artificial intelligence chatbot created by Chinese tech company Baidu, showing a virtual girlfriend profile on her phone, at the Baidu headquarters in Beijing. Jade Gao | Afp | Getty Images BEIJING — China plans to restrict…