Dwaipayan Bose Articles

Reliance Growth Fund and Reliance Vision Fund recently celebrated their 20th birthdays on October 8th. While it is common knowledge Reliance Growth Fund’s reputation of wealth creation is second to none, Reliance Vision...

The primary objective of investing in equity funds is capital appreciation over a sufficiently long investment horizon. However, different investors have different financial needs. Some investors want income from their investments, at the same time they...

Section 80C of Income Tax Act allows tax payers to claim deductions from their taxable income by investing in certain instruments. The investment limit eligible for tax deduction in Section 80C has been increased to र 150,000 from...

The healthcare cost inflation in India, based on some estimates, is in the range of 20 – 25%. A serious illness in the family can cause severe financial distress. Health or medical insurance is an essential need to safeguard our health and financial well...

Most of us keep our surplus cash lying in our savings bank account. It is safe and convenient, if we need to use the money on a frequent basis. However, we should, from time to time, take a look at our savings bank statement and ask ourselves...

In the previous two articles in this series on Best Mutual Fund consistent performers, we discussed the most consistent Best mutual fund performers in the large cap and diversified equity categories. Consistent performance...

In our previous article Best mutual fund consistent performers in 2015: Large Cap Funds, we discussed the most consistent large cap funds based on CRISIL’s ranking of consistent performers. In this blog, we will discuss the top 8 most consistent...

For a greater part of this year, equity markets across the globe have been extremely volatile. In fact over the last one month, volatility has spiked to a level that has not been seen in the last few years. Long term investors...

This year has been especially volatile for equity markets in India. The Sensex has fallen by 10% over the past one month. If we compare with the all time high in early March, the Sensex is down over 15% (as on Sep 2)...

From time to time we see debates on expense ratios in the investment community. For the average retail investor in India, however, expense ratio is not an important factor in investment decision making. The average investors base their mutual fund...