Investing Insights

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NRI Investing Trends 2025 – Insights from 90+ Countries

This study reveals how NRIs think, plan, and act differently when investing in India – and the critical roadblocks they face. Based on 898 long-term NRI investors.

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Planning Your Child’s Education Abroad: A Financial Roadmap

Sending your child abroad for higher education? Here’s a step-by-step plan to help you turn aspiration into action.

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What is the Ideal Asset Allocation by Age?

Your investment needs change as you grow; here’s how to align your portfolio with your age, risk profile, and life goals.

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FinEdge’s 'DiA' Wins Economic Times BFSI FinNext 2025 Award for Innovative Wealth Planning

Dreams into Action (DiA), FinEdge’s proprietary bionic investing platform, has been recognised as the winner in the Innovative Wealth Planning Tools category at the Economic Times BFSI FinNext Awards 2025. This award celebrates not just technology, but purposeful innovation that improves outcomes for investors. Here’s what DiA was built to solve, why it works, and why this recognition matters.

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Multi-Generational Investment Planning Tips: Boomers, GenX, Millenials, GenZ

No matter your age, the right investment strategy can set you up for financial success. From starting small in your 20s to securing income in retirement, aligning your investments with your life stage ensures you make the most of every opportunity.

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Your Child’s Education Goal: A Step-by-Step Investment Guide

Every parent wishes for a bright and secure future for their child, and that includes a quality education. Achieving this goal requires advanced and proactive planning to ensure you’re financially prepared to support your child’s aspirations. In this article, we will explore why it is important to plan for your child's education and some best practices for the same.

Top Wealth Management Strategies for Long-Term Success

The goal-planning process, like a retirement fund, has two important aspects: Wealth creation and wealth management. During your working years, you create wealth by building a retirement fund. During the retirement years, you manage the wealth created so that it sustains you during the retirement years. In this article, we will understand what wealth management is, how it differs from wealth creation, and the best wealth management strategies.

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A Step-by-Step Guide to Personal Financial Planning

Some individuals follow a return-centric approach to investing. They chase returns by selecting mutual funds based on the last one and three-year returns. However, that is not the right approach. The appropriate approach is to identify your financial goals and invest towards fulfilling them. It keeps you focused on your investments for the long term till the goals are achieved. The personal financial planning journey can help you map all your financial goals, invest towards them, and review them till they are achieved. In this article, we will understand what is personal financial planning and how to go about it.

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Sectoral/Thematic Funds Have Seen Inflows of Rs. 55,000 Crores in the Last 6 Months: Should You Invest?

As of July 2024, sectoral and thematic mutual funds have seen more than Rs. 55,000 crore inflows in the last six months. The AMCs are on a NFO launching spree and mutual fund investors are lapping these funds. So, what are these sectoral/thematic funds, why are investors pouring so much money into these, and should you invest? Let us discuss.

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Emergency Fund: What Is It, Why and How Much of It Should You Have?

In 2023-24, many IT companies and start-ups laid off many employees. The IT companies had to lay off people as the demand or discretionary spending pickup in their major market, i.e. the US, was not as strong as expected. The start-ups had to lay off people as they were not able to raise subsequent round(s) of funding due to the funding winter. In both scenarios, people who lost jobs were left in the lurch. As the IT and start-up sectors were going through a soft patch, it was difficult for these people to either get new jobs or at the same/better pay package.

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Succession Planning: What Is a Will, Terms Related to It, and How to Make It?

As per Indian succession laws, on the death of an individual, their assets are distributed among the legal heirs. The legal heirs are categorised into various classes and are listed in the sequence in which they can claim the assets. However, what if you want to distribute your assets to other people along with your legal heirs?

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5 Most Effective Ways to Get Your Financial Life on Track in 2023

To get your financial life on track in 2023, focus on key strategies like creating a budget, cutting unnecessary expenses, building an emergency fund, starting a SIP in ELSS for tax-saving investments, and investing in personal growth. With careful planning and the guidance of a financial planner, you can achieve financial stability and work toward a secure future.