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When the Finance Minister changed the debt mutual fund taxation in his first Budget after the NDA came to power, many people associated with the mutual fund industry said that this was a severe blow to debt funds. Prior to...

For debt mutual fund investors with a long term investment horizon, dynamic bond funds are good investment options. While these funds are subject to interest rate risk, over a 3 year investment horizon these funds can give excellent returns. In fact, if you...

You would have read about the virtues of long term investing over and over again, not just on our website but in numerous other places too. The logic is fairly simple. The longer you stay invested in an asset....

Balanced funds have been around in India for more than 20 years. Balanced funds enable the investors to get exposure to equities and consequently earn excellent long term returns with significantly lower levels of risks compared...

This is our first review of a liquid fund in Advisorkhoj.com. We thought that we would start our liquid fund review with one of the best liquid funds, the Canara Robeco Liquid Fund. Retail investor’s interest in liquid fund is still quite low in our country...

For many investors tax saving is usually a once in year investment exercise to save up to Rs 46,350 in taxes under Section 80C of Income Tax Act. However, tax saving investments can also help you meet your long term financial...

If you had invested Rs 1 lac in Birla Sun Life Tax Relief 96 Fund, an ELSS Fund at its inception in 1996 the value of your investment today would be nearly Rs 1 crore on an adjusted NAV basis. The performance of this fund is a glowing testimony...

Let us settle this upfront. I think mutual fund systematic investment plan (SIP) is the one of best, if not the best, savings and investment options for average retail investors, particularly new investors. SIPs ensure that a portion of...

Every investor’s ultimate financial dream is building the perfect and right investment portfolio. The perfect portfolio is one that mitigates risk, takes care of your short and long term financial goals and is profitable...

Hybrid funds offer investment choices to investors who want to earn more than what they get from their fixed income investments and at the same time not take risks associated with equity funds. Depending on their risk tolerance and investment...