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An intrinsic characteristic of equity markets is that they are driven by sentiments in the short term and fundamentals in the long term. Over the past 10 months or so, the overwhelming sentiment in global equity markets has been that of fear. When fear or...

Banking and Finance comprise nearly 30% of the frontline Nifty 50 index and is by far the largest sector in the index by market capitalization. In fact, Bank Nifty, the index of 12 large cap banking stocks is one the most popularly tracked indices after the Nifty...

If you had started a monthly Systematic Investment Plan of र 5,000 in Reliance Tax Saver Mutual Fund Scheme 10 years back, by now you would have accumulated a corpus of nearly र 13.5 lacs with a cumulative investment of just र 6 lacs...

Where do you think the market will be at the end of this year? Irrespective of whether the market goes up or down, if you knew the answer to this question, then you will be able to make a lot of money. We know that it is not easy to...

SBI Magnum Equity Fund recently completed 25 years and is one of the oldest mutual fund schemes of India outside the Unit Trust of India stable. Over the past 10 years, this large cap fund has delivered very strong outperformance. In fact in...

In the previous part of this blog, How to select mutual funds based on your investment needs: Part 1, we discussed that you should base your selection of mutual fund schemes on your investment goals. For each investment...

ICICI Prudential Exports and Other Services Fund is relatively less well known compared to the more popular funds from ICICI Prudential and other fund houses, but the long term performance of this fund has been nothing short of...

An important aspect of investment planning is to assess the impact of taxes on your investment returns, so that you can make the right investment decision and also file your income tax return correctly. Investors often tend...

In our previous blog, No end to volatility in sight - What should we do? Part 1 we discussed about the ongoing volatility in our stock market. We also discussed how difficult it is to make any kind of predication, except that the market...

If you have invested in equities and are feeling stressed with the market right now, you are not alone. Experienced investors would have seen this kind of volatility before in 2008 and 2011, but new investors with little or no exposure...