Dwaipayan Bose Articles

Systematic Investment Plans (SIPs) were introduced in India almost 20 years back by Franklin Templeton. Since then, SIPs in good funds have generated excellent returns and created wealth for the investors. SIPs offer...

Avoid claiming small expenses: If you don't make a claim on your automobile or car insurance during a policy year, you will be entitled to a no-claim bonus (NCB). No claim bonus can be around 20%...

In our previous article, Consistent Performers: Top 10 consistent performers in equity funds Part 1, we had discussed about the top 10 consistent performers among equity funds, as per the recent CRISIL ranking...

When picking a mutual fund for your investment consistent performance should be one of the most important selection criteria. While investors should invest in mutual funds with a long time horizon to create wealth...

We have often heard that recent performance of a mutual fund is not always a good indicator of future performance. Yet some financial advisers cite last one year returns when selling mutual funds. In this article...

Depending only on your employer’s Group Policy: You should check what kind of benefits your employer’s group health insurance policy offers. Check what is the total amount and nature of illnesses that your company’s...

Tax free bonds have gained popularity among investors in the high tax bracket as interest earned from tax free bonds is exempt from income tax. In this article we will discuss about tax free bonds and see how they...

Mutual fund investors in India have a large number of options to choose from. There are hundreds of schemes from a large number of fund houses across a variety of categories, which makes it a difficult task for...

India has been in the grip of a very high interest rate regime over the past few years. Home owners have seen a larger and larger portion of their equated monthly instalments (EMIs) going into interest payments...

In our previous article we had discussed how to effectively study the key information elements presented in the factsheet for equity funds. In this article, we will discuss to effectively evaluate the information...