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Mayank is a co-founder at FinEdge and his experience of more than 20 years in the banking and financial services industry has been instrumental towards building the FinEdge platform.
He has held key positions across the Retail and Wholesale Banking verticals at Standard Chartered Bank, driving growth in segments managed by him.
Mayank is a post graduate in Marketing and Finance and has completed his Bachelor’s degree from Delhi University.
He has a keen interest in technology and likes to keep himself updated with the latest in the tech world.
Why a Home Purchase Plan is Important – A Home Loan Checklist
Owning a home is more than just a milestone, it’s a financial journey that requires careful planning. A well-structured Home Purchase Plan helps you strategically manage your down payment, home loan, and repayment strategy, ensuring financial stability and peace of mind. With the right investment approach, including SIPs in Mutual Funds, you can efficiently accumulate funds, reduce interest burdens, and achieve debt-free homeownership faster.
Financial Planning for Single Women: Strategies for Long-Term Security
In today's world, not everyone prefers to get married and start a family. Some individuals, men as well as women, choose to stay single. They like to have a fulfilling career, focus on their passion like travel and go solo about it. In this article, we will understand how single women can do their financial planning and create long-term security for themselves.
Understanding Debt and Equity Funds: Key Differences and Benefits
Investors can choose from different types of mutual funds depending on factors like investment time horizon, return expectation, lock-in period, taxation, risk involved, etc. You can look at equity funds for growth and debt funds for stability. In this article, we will understand what are equity funds and debt funds, the difference between equity and debt mutual funds, and things to consider before choosing these funds.
ETFs Versus Index Funds: What Are the Differences, and Which One Should You Choose?
In the last few years, there has been a rise in passive investing due to factors like diversification, low costs, wide availability and choice of passive funds, ease of investing, etc. When it comes to passive investing, there are two ways of doing it. Exchange traded funds (ETFs) and index funds. In this article, we will understand what are ETFs and index funds, the differences, and which one you should choose.
Plugging Financial Leakages to Save Money for Investing Towards Financial Goals
Ajay had a salary account with a bank. He had to open another salary account with another bank after changing his job. As the earlier bank account was a zero-balance account, Ajay maintained some balance and forgot about it. With no salary credit for a few months, the bank changed the account status to a regular savings account. The minimum average balance (MAB) non-maintenance charges were levied as the balance maintained was lower than the required minimum balance.
Financial Planning: Basic Things to Get in Place Before You Start Your Financial Planning Journey
Comprehensive financial planning is the gateway to achieving your financial goals and achieving financial freedom. However, before starting the financial planning process, you must get certain basic things in place. In this article, we will understand these basic things to get in place before you embark on your financial planning journey.
Accelerated Trends of Women Investing in India
It is truly inspiring to see a significant increase in women's participation in the wealth creation process. As India transforms as a nation with more equitable opportunities for everyone, women are taking the pole position in many spheres of life.
Fund Houses Are Launching NFOs: Are They Different From IPOs? Should Investors Invest in NFOs?
When stock markets are near or at all-time highs, along with IPOs from companies, you see a rush of NFOs from mutual fund houses. In May 2024, the HDFC Manufacturing Fund NFO raised a huge Rs. 9,563 crores.
Does Long-Term Investing Reduce the Risk of Negative or Low Returns?
One of Warren Buffett's famous quotes mentions that the first rule of investing is to never lose money, and the second rule is to never forget the first rule. Warren Buffett has made a fortune from stock market investments. However, stock markets can be volatile in the short term and can lead to losses during big falls in reaction to certain event/s. However, in the long term, markets always recover the earlier losses and go on to make new highs. So, how long should long-term investing be to reduce the risk of negative or low returns? Let us discuss.
SIP Mistakes That Mutual Fund Investors Should Avoid
In April 2024, the systematic investment plan (SIP) inflows hit a record high of Rs. 20,371 crores. The monthly SIP inflows have been hitting record highs for the last quite a few months. They have become the go-to mode of investing for retail investors in various mutual fund schemes. While the SIP mode of investing has a number of benefits, there are certain things you should keep in mind. In this article, we will discuss some SIP mistakes that mutual fund investors should avoid.
10 Investing Mistakes That You Should Avoid
Financial planning is a lifelong journey that starts from the moment you start earning. In this long journey, investors may make some mistakes. However, we should all learn from our investing mistakes to ensure our financial planning journey proceeds smoothly. In this article, we will discuss 10 investing mistakes that you should avoid.
Markets Fell due to Election Results: Should You Continue Your SIP or Accelerate Your Investments?
On June 4th, 2024, the Nifty dropped by 5.93%, while the Sensex declined by 5.74%. The markets were reacting to the unexpected outcome of the election results. The BJP failed to get a clear majority. Although the NDA coalition, led by the BJP, got a majority, the margin was far less than what the exit polls had anticipated.
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