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A college friend bought a property in one of the suburban areas of Mumbai for Rs 30 lakhs in 2002. He recently sold the property at Rs 1.5 Crores – a profit Rs 1.2 Crores on an investment of Rs 30 lakhs. Many of my other friends were...

Generally, stocks are classified into large-cap, mid-cap, and small-cap based on their current market capitalization. The term 'Market capitalization' with reference to a company is the total number of its outstanding...

Most retail investors think only of the pharmaceuticals sector in the healthcare theme. However, healthcare is a much broader theme than pharmaceuticals – pharmaceuticals sector is a subset of the healthcare space. The global...

In Advisorkhoj, we often get asked by investors, how often should they review their mutual fund investments? Some financial advisors say that, the investors who made investments and then forgot about it were the ones, who got some...

As May comes to an end, I can't help but wonder that while the headline index numbers look benign, if there is one way to describe the month that went by, it is volatile. The large correction in the mid-cap index, compounded by a number...

Last year, when I was asked what is the most significant event in 2017 in the mutual fund industry that would carry over into 2018, my answer without doubt was the implications of the SEBI scheme categorization guidelines that were...

As an investor, I like to keep myself abreast with latest developments in the market by regularly visiting stock market and mutual fund related websites. Also, my interest in what investors are thinking, takes me to discussion...

Many investors have mixed experience with long term debt mutual funds. This is primarily because, despite the nomenclature of these funds, many investors hold these funds for short tenures and aim to profits from favorable interest...

Joint family system was the traditional construct in our country. In a joint family construct, assets and expenses were shared – financial needs of family members who did not have income, were taken care of by family...

The questions above and others along a similar pattern are the ones an advisor, a finance content writer or anyone in this stream answers regularly because people, in general, have similar doubts regarding investing..