Cover Story

Soft Landing
An emergency in a foreign land can be very costly. Be sure you are covered.

Coming soon shape of policies to come
Sophisticated products, better service and policies tailored to your requirements—the market is gearing up to it. Are you?

2007-03-08

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Mutual Fund

Virtual asset

Even though you can’t flaunt it, a gold exchange-traded fund allows you to bask in the metal’s financial aura.

Insurance

Protect your assets

Confused about the flood of schemes that claim to insure everything? MONEY TODAY guides you.

Shelter against loss

You have built your home and have filled it with the desired possessions. Here’s how to insure them all without spending a fortune.

Preventive Medicine

Health is wealth, but poor health need not make you poorer in wealth if you have a smart health insurance plan.

Changing Gears

The first dose of freedom is set to change the pricing of policies. For innovations, wait till 1 April 2008 when a free market will truly prevail.

Careers

Is the new job offer right for you?

When the new offer has the ingredients of a dream job—fat pay cheque, fancy designation—chances are you may overlook the terms and conditions.

Investment

Global nest egg

The Reserve Bank of India has increased the investing abroad limit, but with few tailor made products around, you may have to do it yourself.

New Business

Driven by shelf interest

A never-say-die attitude and an eye for opportunity helps Aggarwal expand his business.

Brain Trust

Confessions of a fund manager

'Market panic is usually a buying opportunity'

Books

The man who caused the crash

Edwin Lefevre’s classic, published in 1923, contains all the lessons, told in a racy style, that a first-timer needs before entering the stock market, says Rajshree Kukreti

In this MT Issue

Will Chidambaram make us richer?

In six budgets, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has given us more money than what he has taken out through taxes. Here’s what to expect on February 28, and why

Expert View

Anchoring the markets

Prudential ICICI, Bajaj Allianz, Max New York, Tata AIG, Reliance and more are pushing to grow the insurance industry like never before.

Creating a global portfolio

Many of us have the false notion that overseas investments are only for high net- worth individuals.

Gold returns

The weight of the gold in the jewellery is the only barometer for the value embedded in it. Even the market for gold is riddled with degrees of purity and there is a heavy incidence of lower than claimed purity.

Targeting the masses

Just like lower entry cost has driven mobile telephony. Health insurance will have to make basic policies affordable.

Highway to safety

Issuing driving licenses for different class of vehicles needs to be revisited. At present there is no grading of driving licenses. 

Real Estate