Women need to save more as they earn less, live longer than men: Here's how to do it

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Women need to save more as they earn less, live longer than men: Here's how to do it To further encourage women in taking a step toward financial inclusion, ET Wealth offers solutions to the money problems they face in various facets of their lives. Here's how women can meet challenges that affect savings and impact their financial future. How women can bridge the large gender pay gap Your career is undeniably the biggest investment of your working life. Where the gender pay gap exists, it means that for the same work, you are getting a lower salary due to your gender. Progressive workplaces understand and take steps to fill this gap. Benefits of investing in tax saving fixed deposits Tax-saving FD is one of the tax saving instruments where one can invest to save tax under section 80C of the Income Tax Act. Multi asset vs dynamic asset allocation mutual funds: Which one suits you? Both categories have yielded similar returns in the long run. Over the past 3 years, multi-asset and dynamic asset allocation funds have clocked 6.96 percent and 7.08 percent annualised returns respectively. From our Partners The bank that helps you build your career The organisation that lets you take journey from a Humble Start to the C Suite. From our Partners Must Read - Incredible opportunities offered by J.P. Morgan to its employees Active vs passive mutual funds: Which is better in multi-cap space? Active multi-cap funds are expected to ferret out the best ideas from the index to build a portfolio. This should ideally allow the fund manager to fetch healthy alpha over the index. However, the truth is that fund managers have struggled to stay ahead of the index. How a married woman can protect her financial rights Financial friction can rupture a relationship. While money issues are not the primary cause of breakups, they can be one of the contributing factors. It is essential that a couple is on the same page when it comes to forming goals and achieving them. Top Mutual Funds SCHEME NAME RATING 3 YRS(%) 1 YR(%) 6 M(%) 1 M(%) Axis Bluechip Fund Direct Plan-Growth ★★★★★ 17.94 18.59 8.97 -2.14 Invest Now Axis Bluechip Fund-Growth ★★★★★ 16.43 17.24 8.39 -2.20 Invest Now Canara Robeco Bluechip Equity Fund Direct-Growth ★★★★★ 13.16 15.86 10.78 -3.19 Invest Now Canara Robeco Bluechip Equity Fund Regular-Growth ★★★★★ 11.87 14.46 10.09 -3.27 Invest Now Motilal Oswal Focused 25 Fund Direct-Growth ★★★★★ 10.71 17.09 10.04 -4.40 Invest Now FeaturedAxis Long Term Equity Direct Plan-Growth ★★★★★ 15.30 18.23 10.73 -2.83 Start SIP For the risk-averse, NPS ticks all boxes for retirement, tax savings NPS leads a kind of a hidden existence as a great savings option due to the lack of a sales push. Those who know about it and are confident of the knowledge they have gained themselves use it enthusiastically. Savers have to understand its utility and start using it. Invest in stocks that beat earnings estimates. Here are 5 you can bet on Find such companies by analysing their reported financial numbers relative to the analysts' expectations. Those that report numbers higher than the expectations or those with positive earnings surprises can prove effective in supplementing the investment portfolio.

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