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Humans pride themselves on being the most rational beings. All of us believe that we are only capable of making rational decisions, at least for us our investments, and that is what we have been doing so far. If somebody told you otherwise, you will either...

ICICI Prudential Long Term Equity Fund (Tax Saving) has been one of the top performing Equity Linked Savings Schemes (ELSS) over the last 15 years. If you had invested Rs. 5,000 monthly in ICICI Prudential Long Term Equity Fund...

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...

Principal Balanced Fund is one of the best performing balanced funds in the last 3 to 5 years (please refer to Advisorkhoj research tool, Top Performing Balanced Fund Equity Oriented). In the last 5 years, Principal Balanced Fund was among...

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...

Government small savings schemes and bank fixed deposits are the automatic fixed income investment choices for the vast majority of retail investors. Based on information from various sources, the Government is expected to...

Large cap equity mutual funds are mutual fund schemes which invest at least 80% of their assets in large cap stocks. SEBI defines the top 100 stocks by market capitalization as large cap stocks. Large cap mutual funds tend to be less volatile...

In our previous fund review, we had analyzed Franklin India Bluechip fund. In this article we will review another fund from the Franklin Templeton stable, Franklin India Prima fund. Unlike the Franklin India ...

Investors looking for regular income from their investments opt for dividend plans. However, in the last two years, the Government has been taking more out of dividends, in the form of Dividend Distribution Tax (DDT)...

The FMCG sector has historically been a favorite among equity investors because it is seen as an all - weather sector. There are two important reasons why FMCG sector is preferred by investors. Firstly, it is seen as a defensive sector i.e. it...