Satyam Pati

A prolific communicator and personal finance aficionado, Satyam, has helped evangelise the message of prudent financial decision making through the Scripbox blog. A firm believer in continuous learning, he holds multiple certifications through NSE and has authored hundreds of articles on the Scripbox blog on everything from investing strategy to smart personal finance.

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Does the stamp duty on mutual fund investments affect you significantly?

If you hold your units for a year, the impact is about 0.005%, or in other words negligible.

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Moody’s downgrades India and takes rating action for 11 Indian banks – What does this really mean for you?

A rating downgrade for a country tends to affect its ability to attract investments. However, it is not the only parameter. The sovereign rating downgrade of India by Moody’s was not the only rating downgrade. And no this is not as disastrous as it looks.

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Live in a metro city? 4 Realistic money-saving hacks that can help

Here are four ways many of you can save at least Rs 1000 more each month.

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Why does conviction matter when investing?

When markets tend to go through their occasional drops, the people who come out on top are often those who kept on investing as if nothing has happened. They had the wisdom to realize that they can’t predict when markets will go up nor when they will go down.

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How Does The 3 Year Lock In Of ELSS Funds Work?

Tax saving funds are awesome, they are the best thing when it comes to saving tax! You have probably heard this enough and you are either tired of hearing that or irritated. So, instead, we’ll talk about a small technicality that a lot of people need clarity on.

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Your CTC Is Not Your Taxable Income. Surprised?

Make sure you know your taxable income before you start planning to save taxes. It may just happen that you don’t even need to make tax saving investments.