Mutual Funds Articles

In volatile market conditions, blue chip funds are always a wise bet because their portfolio mix limits downside risks in such conditions. ICICI Prudential Focused Bluechip Equity fund is a clear chart topper in its...

For parents who want to save for their children’s education or marriage, mutual fund is the best investment option. Since children’s education or marriage is a long term financial objective, like retirement...

Dhoom 3, starring Aamir Khan, recently broke all box office records, re-affirming the actor’s status as one of the most commercially successful stars for more than twenty years now. The superstar’s parallel...

More often than not, I am faced with questions from prospective clients like “Can you suggest a good plan for our child?”, “Would this insurance plan be good for our child?” and so on. This makes me ponder as to...

A pension plan is an annuity product which generates income during retirement. At a very high level there are two types of...

In the last 2 articles in this series we had discussed that IT and Healthcare sector funds had outperformed the market over the last one to two year periods. In this article, we turn our attention to Banking...

Balanced funds have been around in India for nearly two decades and Birla Sunlife 95 is one of the oldest schemes with one of the best track record of performance in this category. Balanced funds are essentially...

In the last article we had discussed that certain industry sectors like IT had outperformed the market over the last one to two periods. Healthcare or Pharmaceuticals is another sector that has outperformed the...

Savvy investors who have been following the equity markets would have surely observed that in the last one year certain industry sectors have outperformed the market. IT and Pharmaceuticals are two such...

It is tax planning season now and Equity Linked Saving Schemes (ELSS) should be one of the top investment choices for investors. Some investors have a notion, that while ELSS is a good tax saving investment...