The plot continues to thicken around Realme's seemingly never-ending stream of new devices. Last month, a certain RMX2142 appeared on Chinese certification authority TENAA's website. Now, the very numerically-similar RMX2141 and the RMX2052 have joined its ranks. RMX2142 There are more than a few similarities between these devices, as listed by TENAA. All of them seem to have the exact same dimensions of 163.8 x 75.8 x 8.9mm, which, coincidentally, or rather not, match-up perfectly with the existing Realme X50m 5G. Same goes for the reported weight of the RMX2142 and the...

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Investment gains (in absolute terms) depend on the principal corpus invested and the returns delivered by the fund. Returns are a function of the performance of the asset class invested in.

Understanding your health coverage, getting familiar with the services covered and how much you will have to pay in case of an unfortunate eventuality is important.

Assuming that the shares are in the nature of ESOPs, they shall be taxed at two stages, once as perquisites in the hands of employees upon allotment and subsequently as capital gains upon sale of the shares.

Retail investors should stay away from small and mid-cap stocks until the volatility settles. Instead, they should look at value investing.

Life insurance claims to the extent of basic sum assured if policyholder dies due to infection by the corona virus is admissible.

HUF is taxable as separate person; hence one can save tax under basic exemption of Rs 2.5 lakh

Gold ETFs investors can exit only by selling to secondary market participants on the stock exchange.

Borrowers who opt for the moratorium on repayments will have to pay an additional interest charged on simple interest basis. Thus, those who have the capacity to repay should continue to make the payments regularly

The fundamental benefit of term insurance is the monetary benefit the dependents receive on the death of the insured.

CBDT said that assessees holding valid certificates for FY20 would get the benefit of extension, which otherwise would expire on March 31.

More units are bought when the market price of shares is low and lesser units are bought when the price is high.

Investors should continue to invest in small savings schemes as the interest rates are still higher than that of bank FDs. They should look at tax-free bonds and avoid company deposits.

Regulations define specific structures / entities within mutual fund companies to safeguard investor monies from issues such as fraud, etc.

BoB’s overnight and one-month MCLR has been revised to 7.40%, while the three-month MCLR was revised to 7.55%. Six-month MCLR has been revised to 7.85%, the bank said.

With job losses & pay cuts likely in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, you need to take some special measures to cushion the impact and prepare for the worst

The macroeconomic backdrop has become favourable for gold; aim for 10-15% of portfolio alloc-ation to the yellow metal

Anticipating a huge surge in demand, it came out with a new software for online receipt and settlement of claims and deployed the software on March 29.

The clarification came as the employees, in many cases, have donated a portion of their salaries the the fund through their employers.

Remember your financial goals and your risk appetite. If you have extra cash and investing for the long term, then go ahead and deploy your funds in a staggered manner.

The due dates for issuance of any notice, intimation, notification, approval or sanction order, has also been extended by a period of three months.

However, if someone wants to buy a comprehensive health cover, it would cost them Rs 8,000-11,000 for Rs 10 lakh sum insured.

Most companies are encouraging their existing customers to use digital channels as there has been a surge of such requirements from customers along with scarcity of service personnel at insurance offices.

As of February 29, 2020; equities outperformed gold over the trailing 10-, 15- and 20-years, delivering annualised 10.39%, 13.89% and 12.0% respectively compared with 8.16%, 12.59% and 11.49% respectively delivered by gold.

The EPFO’s decision to extend the due date for filing is expected to benefit about six lakh establishments, including four lakh establishments eligible under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY) package.

Patience, perseverance and quality stocks are needed to win the game of equity investments.

Equity investors can tilt portfolio allocation towards large-cap and multi-cap mutual funds.

Index funds are better for those unable to select quality stocks or bear the risk of near term under-performance from actively managed funds.

For example, PPF offers you returns of 7.1% per annum completely tax-free whereas an 8% FD may offer you only 5.6% if you’re in the 30% slab.

Investing in high-quality companies and proven MF schemes always pays in the long term and these would be the first to recover

Make sure that you have the contact information of your reporting manger and HR department in a diary or phone or a place where your spouse can access the same easily.

Dearness Allowance (DA) Hike Latest News: The April salary, which is due to be paid in a week’s time, was supposed to be based on revised DA, along with arrears for three months (January-March).

The income of a spouse or child is clubbed together with the income of major earner of the family when certain conditions are met.

Debt schemes of mutual funds for long have been seen as low risk, but shuttering six schemes and leaving investors in a lurch will impact investor sentiment.

The order issued by the state finance department will impact over 16 lakh state employees and officers, approximately three lakh teachers and 12 lakh pensioners.

Credit risk funds have been seeing redemptions over the last one year. Between March 2019 and March 2020, most credit risk funds had seen outflows barring ICICI Prudential Credit Risk Funs, IDFC Credit Risk Fund and Mahindra Credit Risk Yojana.

Low oil prices will have a positive impact on glass manufacturing, transport, industrial power, plastics, lubricants, petrochemical, , FMCG, paint, rubber & tyre manufacturing companies

VPF is the voluntary contribution by employees towards their provident fund account over and above the 12% contribution towards EPF.

The year 2020 is not going to be a year to forget. Understanding the nuances and re-learning the basics is a good thing to do.