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We have mentioned a number of times in our blog that systematic investing is the best approach in volatile markets for getting good long term returns. By investing through systematic investment plans (SIPs) in volatile markets, you can take...

The equity market has been very volatile in the last two months, with the Nifty falling 1,000 points from its all-time high. Midcap and small cap stocks have been underperforming for more than a year now. Nifty Midcap 100 Index has fallen...

With increased investor awareness in India, investors have increasingly investing their savings in mutual funds instead of traditional investment schemes like FDs, Post Office Small Savings, Gold, property etc. For making short term investments...

Over the past few years, we have seen growing interest in debt mutual funds among retail investors visiting our website. AMFI data shows that retail and HNI investors now have 46% share of debt mutual fund (excluding liquid and...

In this blog post, we have selected two equity mutual fund schemes from Principal MF stable and looked at their long term performance track record. Principal Emerging Bluechip Fund, a large and midcap equity fund and Principal Multicap...

Savings bank is the default choice for most individuals and families for parking their savings for short periods. Savings bank provides high liquidity and convenience to account holders. You can draw money from your savings...

Liquid mutual funds are mainly used by investors to park money for very short periods of time ranging from a few days to few months for earning returns that are significantly higher than savings bank interest rates and at the same time...

In our last post on Systematic Transfer Plan (STP),What should the ideal tenure of a STP in Large Cap Mutual Funds,we discussed about the dilemma which investors face when investing in equity mutual funds through STP...

Last week, two young professionals, one aged 26 years and the other 34 years, both working at the same company in the same city, with reasonable similar family backgrounds, came to seek advice on investing. As we discussed...

In the last one year, when Nifty Small Cap (SML 100) Index fell 13% and small cap mutual funds as a category gave -4% return, SBI Small Cap Fund protected investor’s capital and delivered positive returns. The relatively good performance...