Dwaipayan Bose Articles

Over the past few months, we have seen headlines like "2 times return in 3 years" from some equity mutual funds. While the performance of these fund managers should certainly be lauded, one must also remember...

A few days back we had reviewed the top large cap funds based on CRISIL’s most recent ranking. In this blog, we will review the top small and midcap funds While, in the last one year the large cap equity mutual funds...

In the first part of this series, we discussed how different categories of equity mutual funds performed in 2014. While equity funds performed strongly driven 30% rise in Sensex during 2014, even some debt funds gave...

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)...

In the last one year the Sensex rose by 44% generating fabulous returns for many equity investors. If we look at mutual funds, the returns have exceeded even the Sensex returns. Large cap equity mutual funds...

After a few days of weakness the market has resumed its upward journey. As on February 12 end of day, Nifty has reclaimed the psychologically important 8,700 level and is now marching towards the 8,800 level...

With growing awareness about term plans, these plans are increasingly gaining popularity in India. We have discussed a number of times on our blog that term plan is the best form of life insurance since it is a...

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...

ICICI Prudential Value Discovery Fund has given 25.5% returns since inception. The fund scores above most of its peers in the small and midcap category in terms of consistency of performance. CRISIL has ranked...