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Mutual funds are market linked investments. The prices of the underlying securities e.g. stocks, bonds etc of a mutual fund scheme can go up or down depending on market movement. The Net Asset Value (NAV) of a scheme reflects the market value of the underlying securities. Accordingly, the NAV of a scheme can go up or down...

The CPI inflation in September 2022 spiked up to a 5 month high of 7.41%, despite 50 bps interest rate hike by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in August. Earlier this month, the US Federal Reserve hiked interest rates by another 75 bps and the RBI may follow suit in by raising interest rates again in their December...

Domestic consumption is one of the most important themes of the India Growth Story. India enjoys a demographic advantage as far as this theme is concerned. We have a young population; the average age is just 29 years (Source: Ministry of External Affairs). As per National Family Health Survey 2021, 88% of the population is...

Balanced advantage funds, also known as dynamic asset allocation funds, are a type of hybrid mutual funds. Hybrid funds invest across multiple asset classes e.g. equity, debt etc. These funds provide asset allocation or risk diversification benefits to your portfolio. Different asset classes have different risk / return...

Multicap is an equity investment strategy, where the investment is spread across different market capitalization segments. Market capitalization of a stock is the share price of a stocks multiplied by the total number of shares outstanding. Investors use market cap to denote a company’s size. Different market cap segments have...

Asset allocation refers to diversification of investments over two or more asset classes. When we talk about asset allocation, investors usually think of a mix of equity and fixed income. Multi asset allocation is spreading your investments over at least 3 asset classes. These asset classes are equity, fixed income or debt, gold...

Net Asset Value or NAV is a very important term in the lexicon of mutual funds. NAV is the market value or price of one unit of a mutual fund scheme. It is the per unit price you pay or get when you are buying or selling (redeeming) mutual funds. You should know the correct NAVs of your mutual fund schemes when you are filing...

Tax payers can claim deduction of up to Rs 150,000 from their taxable income by investing in certain eligible schemes specified under Section 80C of Income tax Act. There are several investment options under Section 80C for different needs and risk appetites. Unfortunately many investors look at tax planning, purely from...

Savings is the money left in your bank account after all your regular and discretionary expenses. Your regular living expenses include food, rent / EMI, utilities (electricity, phone, broadband etc), fuel, school fees for children etc. Your discretionary spending may include restaurants bills, movie tickets, clothes, appliances, gadgets...

We are in the third quarter of this tax assessment year (AY 2023-24). If you have not made your tax planning investments in this financial year, now is a good time to plan your 80C investments. You can claim up to Rs 150,000 deduction from your taxable income by investing in schemes eligible under Section 80C of Income...