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The last 6 months have been interesting for the stock market. After a 3 month rally starting in March, concerns about Brexit, US Interest Rates, uncertainty about the outcome of US Presidential Elections and demonetization have...

In November, mutual funds in India invested र 13,600 Crores in equities. These investments were made possible by participation of large number of retail investors in equity mutual funds taking tactical advantage of weakness in equity...

If you had invested in SBI Blue-chip Fund 3 years back, you would have made a tax free profit of nearly 75% till date (Dec 3, 2016). While we should acknowledge that, 2014 was a bumper year for the Indian stock market, 2015 / early 2016 was one of...

Equity Savings Funds are a relatively new mutual fund product category. These are equity oriented hybrid funds similar to balanced funds, but the risk profile of these funds are more moderate (lower risk) compared to balanced funds. Balanced Funds...

In our Demystifying Derivatives series, we have, through a series of blog posts over the past view months, tried to explain how derivatives (futures and options) work, how much capital (margin) is required to trade in futures...

Youth is that period of our lives when we are free from almost all responsibilities. We graduate from college, land a good job and become financially free. The next step, which is also the most obvious one, is settling down. After marriage, we own a...

Every business was once a start-up. Those who survived and built a successful setup are the ones who took that crucial step of business expansion. Many housing and non-housing companies offer loans for business expansion, with which you can do...

Stock analysts assign target prices to stocks they cover; for example, if a stock is trading at र 100 and the analyst gives a buy recommendation with a target price of र 130 over a two year horizon, the investor buying the stock at र 100...

We discussed in the first part of this series, how mutual funds are getting popular due to the increasing awareness. The investors are slowly but surely realising that mutual funds are best and probably the only way for wealth creation...

Most financial advisors will agree with me that getting the first set of clients usually, is quite a big challenge; it takes a huge amount of effort, perseverance and many a times, a dollop of luck also. But once the initial hurdle is overcome...