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There is a lot of material online, including on our website, discussing the merits and demerits of investing in large cap versus small and midcap stocks / mutual funds. Most blogs and articles that I have come across club small...

Health insurance is very well established in most of the developed countries, but in India it is still in nascent stage. As per the last National Sample Survey (NSS), more than 80% of India’s population is not covered under any health insurance scheme...

The last one year has been very good for mid and small cap funds. Mid and small cap funds have generated significantly superior returns relative to large cap and diversified equity funds categories over the last 1, 3, 5 and even 10 year periods, as can be...

The Narendra Modi Government in India has, since its inception, made infrastructure, the most important priority area, as far as fiscal policy is concerned. Budgetary allocations to infrastructure are on an increasing trend since the current Government...

2017 has begun on a very promising note for Indian equities, especially large cap stocks and mutual funds. The Nifty is already up nearly 9% in the first two months. Birla Sun Life Frontline Equity Fund, one of the best performing large cap funds over...

With the March 31^st deadline of making tax saving investments for Assessment Year 2017 – 2018 drawing closer, many investors would be looking at mutual fund Equity Linked Savings Schemes (ELSS) for tax planning purposes. ICICI Prudential...

Rishi, a school friend of mine, left his job as a senior executive in one of the largest IT Enabled Services companies in India three years back to pursue his personal interests.Rishi was 41 when he retired from his professional career...

In the first part of this article, How to select the right debt funds for your portfolio – Part 1, we discussed how to select the right debt funds based on your investment tenure. In the second part How to select the right debt funds for your...

In our previous post, How to select the right debt funds for your portfolio – Part 1, we discussed how to select the right debt funds based on your investment tenure. There is a relationship between investment tenures and risk...

Retail investors in India still prefer traditional fixed income schemes to debt mutual funds. Some of my friends associated with the asset management industry attribute this behaviour to the lure of assured returns which traditional...