Suggest a topic

A lot of you reply to the daily emails with suggestions for posts, and I really appreciate that because it gives me post ideas, and I can write about stuff that is most relevant to you.

Normally, I take the gist of your suggestion; create a title of the post, and note it down on a virtual sticky note. But, the issue with this is that it is easy enough to miss an email, and sometimes the titles on the sticky notes don’t make any sense to me when I look at them later on.

So, I am creating a page here that is specifically for your suggestions for posts. You can leave a comment here suggesting an idea for a post, and if I know enough about the topic I will write about it.

That way we won’t lose track of anything you say, and if multiple people suggest the same topic for a post then I know that it should be written prior to moving on to other things.

Thanks for reading – and writing!

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1,786 thoughts on “Suggest a topic”

  1. How about a topic on real calculation of capital gains tax on shares and mutual funds and how it can be used in filing tax returns?

    not sure if this has already been discussed.

    1. Hmmm – tax – i try to avoid tax because I’m not intricately familiar with it. I’ll see if I can write something but it’s not likely to be very detailed.

      1. Thanks Manshu!! Calculation of capital gains tax is always a pain for many people esp when you have many transactions for the financial year including debt mutual funds and capital losses on shares and equity mutual funds etc.

        1. Yeah, I know what you mean – I really don’t think or at least I haven’t come across a method to simplify this chore. One does need to go through all transactions and that’s a pretty meticulous task.

  2. Hi,
    Like the way you write.. Congratulations on the good job.
    A thought popped in my mind to know where the insurance companies invest the money and how they manage to be profitable despite people continuing to live longer(?!, hopefully). How are their investments impacting lifestyles of people and economics in general!
    Would be very nice to see your analysis on all the points around this with “as usual” superb discussion from all the readers. I like the comments they give too… its amazing that you attract knowledged readers.

    1. Thank you Seshu – Even I’m glad that the sites attracts very intelligent discussions, and I just saw some discussion around bond yields which I think is a fairly complex subject, and amazing to see people discuss that regularly on OneMint.

      I’ll try to see if I can write something about this or not, but this will be on a slightly lower priority as you see there are a few other topics before this that are of interest to a larger group of people. I hope you understand.

  3. kindly start a discussion on MOTILALOSWAL NASDAQ 100 ETF
    we can diversify from india this is good considering a SUDDEN FALL as recent experience shows will protect downfall and also once US economy improves we can gain

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  4. Dear Manshu, thanks , It would be my pleasure to share my expertise and knowledge with people on jewellery buying and also on gold bullion. There are still many more complex issues on gold jewellery and bullion sale / resale which I would add onto your blog..

    1. Thanks Niraj – I’ll publish your comment as a post next week as I have some ideas for posts already in mind. I’ll send you an email when it is published. Much Appreciated.

  5. Dear Manshu

    I appreciate the blog you have started , and to be frank one of your blog on saving capital gains tax through 54ec was very informative and something new to me. I would look forward for such interesting topics and concurrently accurate information with the particular industry experts, also I would suggest you can start a topic on “How to buy gold jewellery in India “

    1. I have absolutely no idea on what one must do with gold jewelery, but I was quite impressed with your comment today, and I think I might push that to a full post with due credit to you of course. What do you say? You’d like to add something to that?

  6. Hi Manshu,

    I really like your website. I am sure many readers can second my thoughts. I want to create my own website too. If possible, can you write a post on various steps, or links, how to buy domain, register your website, what tools do you use to make the website, post the content, organize it. Do we need to know html coding for it?This post is not related to finance, but i am sure can benefits other readers. Thanks. ~Shilpa.

    1. Thank you for your kinds words Shilpa – I’m delighted to read such a compliment. I have actually never given much thought to this topic, but it will make for a refreshing change of topics. I’ll try and write about it next week since I need a little time to think about this.

  7. Hi,

    Your analysis of revenue/expense at the central level is very informative. Would be great if you can write on for the states also.

    1. I haven’t seen that data anywhere, so I’m guessing that they either don’t break it into that level of detail, or that I need to look more.

      I will see if the info is out there somewhere, and if I find something I’ll create a post out of it. Thanks!

  8. I will appreciate if you can write a detailed analysis of Government revenue & expenses for the current year so all readers can see inefficiency of the govt. People are just concerned about the direct tax part of the budget. however we should also protest if govt is misusing our money.

    1. Corporation Bank is giving out 9.25% for less than 5 years, so I’d much rather go for that as this is giving the same interest rate, and is more secure being a bank deposit.
      Also, can you please post further questions on the Forum as other people are also following that and you’re likely to get responses from more folks there.

        1. sure i will thanks a ton! last question how is karur vyasa bank it is offering tremendous returns and so is repco bank?

          1. I’m also thinking of investing in Karur Vaisya Bank and would like to know if its safe for large FD ? What’s the reason they offer higher interest rate on FD as compared to others ?

            1. Can you post a link to the high FD rate they’re offering preferably in the forum; I’m unable to find it. Also, FDs up to 1L are insured, so you could potentially split the FD between family members and be protected.

                1. Thanks Vikas – so I see that this is really matching the interest rate but not the tenure, which goes back to what I mentioned earlier, that no one is letting you lock on to these rates for 5 years like SBI. Of course, it’s another topic by itself whether locking on to these rates is a good thing or not.

  9. kerala transport development finance corporation gives a good rate on FD’s please find the link;

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    does it make sense to invest in something like this?

  10. Sir,
    Could you please inform which is the best health insurance policy(in respect of Hospital admitting/major surgical benefit etc) for an adult of 37 years and having two dependents (wife and child of three years).

    1. That’s done – please respond to let me know if you have seen it or not, and if it answers your question. I haven’t seen a comment from you on the original post.

  11. Dear Manshu,
    You have explained the difference in the values of Gold ETFs in simple terms. Thanks! I used to always wonder about this.

    Similarly can you please explain why e-gold is more expensive than ETF and spot gold prices?

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