Employee stock option plans, or Esops, are touted as one of the best tools to create long-term wealth. These are the shares an employee gets of his/her employer at a discounted rate to the current......
When the Sensex crossed 15,000 points last week, there was a clear euphoria among the players. Add to that a growth rate of 9.4 per cent in the economy, inflation under control and good monsoon......
The Employee Provident Fund law was formed in 1952 to be a social security scheme for the salaried class. It was assumed that given our propensity to consume and to postpone our savings, we would......
Benefits of diversification between different asset classes are well known. Putting all your eggs in one basket, be it stock market, real estate or fixed income is risky. It may lead to high......
Most of us are preoccupied with hunting for that wonderful stock, that great mutual fund or a piece of property that would give returns of 100 per cent or more a year. Salespersons from brokerages,......