Investing Insights

Mayank Bhatnagar

Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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8 Wealth Creation Lessons to Accelerate Your Financial Planning Journey

Everybody desires to create wealth to fulfill their financial goals. The financial planning journey to fulfilling goals is a long-term journey spanning years or decades. During this long journey, wealth creation lessons can act as a guiding force and accelerate the journey.

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5 Behavioural Biases That Influence Our Investment Decisions

Human behaviour takes shape over a period of time based on various factors. Some of these include what we see, read, watch, and learn from people in our lives, television, social media, etc.

Best Ways for NRIs to Invest in Indian Equities

India is an oasis of growth in a desert. India has a huge NRI population, with millions of them living in various developed and developing countries across the world. While these NRIs stay and earn income in various countries, they face the challenge of limited investment opportunities in most developed countries.

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Successful Investing – 5 Incredible Learnings From the Past 20 Years

The year was 2001 and Atul, an avid investor, was all geared up to secure his retirement. He was 40 years old then and his retirement was 22 years away. He started investing Rs. 25,000/- every month systematically in an equity mutual fund… Before I reveal the outcome of Atul’s investing journey, let us dive into some valuable investing lessons of the past 20 years.

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4 Tips to Achieve Your Financial Goals Through SIP’s

The ubiquitous “Mutual Funds Sahi Hai” campaign has fuelled an increased interest in Mutual Fund SIP’s (Systematic Investment Plans) over the past few years. The industry’s monthly SIP inflows stood at Rs. 15,814 crores as on August 23 as Mutual Fund assets grew significantly over the past five years. If you’re one of the thousands of investors who are using SIP’s to achieve their financial goals, here are four things to keep in mind.