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Birla Sun Life India Gennext Fund is relatively less well known mutual fund scheme with an AUM base of just around र 360 crores. However, this fund is among the top mutual funds in terms of wealth creation for investors over the last 10 years. If you started a...

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...

As discussed in our last post How SIPs in Diversified Equity Mutual Funds have created wealth over the last 15 years, Systematic Investment Plans (SIPs) were introduced by Franklin Templeton Investments around two decades back. Since then...

Systematic Investment Plans (SIPs) are one of the most perplexing investment instruments. While most new investors are wary of them, a lot of seasoned investors too have struggled to get their SIP strategy right.So, before jumping on to...

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)...

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...

Diversified equity mutual funds are the most popular category of mutual funds among retail investors. Diversified equity funds invest in companies across industry sectors and market capitalization segments. These funds, also known as Flexicap or...

With improving sentiments in Indian and Global equity markets, the Sensex and Nifty have surged to their historical highs in the past few weeks. With improvements in current account deficit and the inflation...

You have been investing for a while in large cap funds and have been getting steady returns. While the steady returns keeps your investment from becoming stagnant, your portfolio is still lacking that aggressive edge where you can give it a push and...

While large cap mutual funds are seen as all-weather funds, diversified multi-cap equity mutual funds, which invest in stocks across different market cap segments and industry sectors, are seen by many investment experts as the ideal...