Yearly Archives: 2011

Five real financial planning questions - on property tax, education loans, EPF/pension, retirement investment, and what a financial plan actually delivers - answered the way I would answer a client sitting across from me. Updated for 2026 rules.

Eight common investment questions - on leveraged investing, company FDs, ETFs, savings rates, F&O, IPOs, Japan scenario, and real FD returns - answered honestly with updated 2026 data. Plus the one investment mistake almost everyone makes.

Term plan vs endowment, medical insurance vs corpus, pension plans, ULIPs — 9 most common insurance questions answered honestly by a SEBI-registered advisor with 25 years of practice.

Before you start reading about sector fund - I would like to tell you clearly that this is the riskiest category in mutual fund....

From TFLindia (2009) to TFLguide (2011) to RetireWise.in — the 15-year journey of India's most honest personal finance blog. The name changed, the mission didn't.

Who will not like to earn a lot of money & the easier you can earn it – the better it is. What about...

Mutual Fund is a new baby for most Indians – I keep getting lots of mutual fund questions through Comments on posts, Ask Us,...

There are more tenants than the landlords. And if you have had an experience of living on rent, the itch must have occurred. You...