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Aditi Kothari Desai shares financial planning tips for women to invest confidently for the future

Investing for Your Future: Financial Planning Tips for Women

Both men and women seek to improve their lives, achieve financial security, enhance their health, and realize their dreams. Despite this, investing is often perceived as a primarily male activity. Women frequently begin to learn about investing later in life, typically after major life events like marriage, and fewer women independently educate themselves about investing compared to men.

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Why is Financial Independence Important for a Woman

Women and financial independence have become increasingly important topics in recent years, as women continue to strive for more recognition and autonomy in the workplace, and in society at large.

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Women, Wealth and Wisdom: Rethinking Financial Inclusion in the Age of Investing

Radhika Gupta is the MD & CEO of Edelweiss Mutual Fund and a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum. A respected leader in asset management, she is known for building inclusive businesses and leading with empathy. The daughter of an Indian diplomat and a global citizen, Radhika is also the author of Limitless, and a TEDx and Josh Talks speaker. Her journey continues to inspire women to invest with belief and lead with purpose.

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Investing with Purpose: Goal-based Investing for Women

At the start of July 2024, Axis Mutual Fund released the "Women Investment Behaviour Report 2024". It has interesting insights on how women invest. It talks about the rising participation of women in mutual funds, how they persist with their investments even during market corrections, their goals like building wealth and securing retirement top the chart, etc. All these insights highlight how women are taking control of their investments. Let us discuss how investing with a purpose or goal-based investing can make women resilient and focused investors and, thus, help them achieve their financial goals.

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