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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...

If you want to invest in equities in India, there are two common avenues available to you. You can open demat and trading accounts with a stock-broker to buy or sell equity shares in the stock market. Alternatively, you can invest in equity mutual...

Mutual funds offer a multiple options for a large variety of investment needs. However, since there are a large number of schemes with similar investment mandates, fund selection can become very confusing for less experienced...

J-Curve effect is an important phenomenon observed in various fields like economics, finance and statistics. The most common manifestation of J-Curve is seen in the impact of currency depreciation on the balance of trade. J-Curve...

In the last few years high dividend yield stocks have caught the investors fancy. Mutual funds investing in high dividend yield stocks are also catching the investor’s attention. The appeal of high dividend yield stocks in understandable...

In our previous post, Demystifying Derivatives: Option Trading Techniques Part 1, we discussed some basic option trading techniques. If you are buying options, then your risk is limited to the option premiums. If you are writing...