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National Pension Scheme (NPS) is a scheme launched by the Government of Indian in January 2004. The scheme aimed at creating cash flow for the senior citizens post their retirement. India like most other developing...

Health insurance is very well established in most of the developed countries, but in India it is still in nascent stage. As per the last National Sample Survey (NSS), more than 80% of India’s population is not covered under any health insurance scheme...

Small and midcap stocks have the potential to give higher returns than large cap stocks in a bull market. These stocks usually get beaten down more in market corrections, but good quality mid cap stocks rebound...

SBI Magnum Equity Fund recently completed 25 years and is one of the oldest mutual fund schemes of India outside the Unit Trust of India stable. Over the past 10 years, this large cap fund has delivered very strong outperformance. In fact in...

In the last 5 years, Mirae Asset Emerging Bluechip Fund has emerged as the best performer in the large and midcap equity funds segment (please see top performing large and midcap funds in our MF Research section). For the benefit of readers...

Unit Linked Insurance Plan is probably the most controversial investment product in the recent history. It was marketed aggressively by the insurance companies, and there was low awareness among investors...

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...

The infrastructure sector in India comprises of power, telecommunications, roads, railways, ports, airports, irrigation etc. Infrastructure funds are thematic equity mutual fund schemes which invest in stocks that are associated with the infrastructure sector. Infra funds usually invest in power, cement and construction, oil...

Foreclosure of a home loan is a wise decision as it helps lower the interest burden and brings down the overall cost of the property to the owner, while preserving the asset value. However, foreclosure of home loan could also be tricky, particularly if...

Today let us explore how SIPs in Thematic Equity Mutual Funds have created wealth for the investors over the last 10 years. But, let us first understand what Thematic Funds are. Thematic Funds are equity mutual funds that invest in stocks based on a...