Equity Linked Savings Scheme Articles

Tax planning is an important concern for a lot of people looking to save taxes under Section 80C. Section 80C of Income Tax Act allows tax payers to claim deductions from their taxable income by investing in certain instruments. Equity Linked Saving...

Advisors and experts often mention that equity mutual funds are idle for investments as they provide long term capital gains and some schemes especially the ones under ELSS category qualify for tax rebate under Section 80C. The dividends received...

One of the oldest tax saving mutual funds in India, SBI Magnum Taxgain Scheme 93, has continued to deliver strong returns even in the recent past. SBI Magnum Taxgain Scheme delivered over 20% returns in the last...

Investors are perpetually debating should they invest to generate returns or should they invest to save taxes? The answer to this is rather simple, you could do both. While investing in a tax saving product you could...

With Equity Linked Savings Schemes investors can not only save taxes, but by investing in the over the long term can create substantial wealth (please read our article, ELSS is ideal for Tax Savings and Wealth...

When it comes to investments made for the purpose of tax savings under Section 80C of Income Tax Act, Public Provident Fund (PPF), Life Insurance premiums and Equity Linked Savings Schemes (ELSS)...

2014 was a terrific year for the equity markets in India. The Sensex rose by nearly 30% during the year on the back of the Lok Sabha election results and expectations of turnaround in the economy. Mutual funds saw...

As the financial year draws to a close, investors who still have tax saving investments to make under section 80C, should evaluate Equity Linked Savings Scheme. Equity Linked Savings Scheme (ELSS)...

As another new year begins, it is also time for investors to finalize the tax planning investments for the current fiscal year. Equity Linked Saving Schemes (ELSS) is one of the most popular investments allowed under...

The future of our children is probably the biggest concern for most parents. Many parents start saving for their children’s education and marriage, soon after the child is born. This is, of course, the right thing...

There has been a spate of closed end Mutual Fund launches in the last one year. There is much lesser awareness about closed end funds among retail investors for a number of reasons. Firstly, the closed end...

ELSS funds offer triple benefits of tax savings, capital appreciation and tax free returns to the investor. The DSP BlackRock Tax Saver fund, one of the top ELSS funds, has outperformed the tax saving funds category...

Public Provident Fund (PPF) is still one of the best tax saving investments for risk-averse investors. PPF offers the triple benefits of tax saving, risk free returns and tax free returns. As per the provisions of the...

Equity Linked Savings Scheme (ELSS) is one of the most popular tax saving investments under section 80C of the Income Tax Act. With Equity Linked Savings Schemes, investors can avail the triple benefits of tax...

In our article, Asset Allocation strategies for different age groups, we had discussed that asset allocation for investors depends on a number of factors. The different factors are...