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Healthcare costs in India are increasing at a distressing rate. Based on some estimates the annual healthcare inflation is the range of 15 – 25%. A hospitalization for a serious illness can cost Rs 5 lakhs or above...

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...

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...

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)...

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...

'The Efficient Market Hypothesis' (EMH) is a landmark in modern financial theory. It states that it is impossible to beat the market at any given point of time. The existing stock prices are incorporated to reflect upon the markets. This hypothesis is revered...

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...

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 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...

In our last two posts on this series we discussed how SWP from ICICI Prudential Balanced Fund and Reliance Regular Savings Fund Balanced option were proved to be good options if one was looking for regular returns by using the SWP method...