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Funds with concentrated portfolios aim to generate higher alphas or outperformance versus the benchmark index, through stock picking abilities of their fund managers. Typically, these funds tend to be more...

Balanced funds have at least 65% asset allocation in equity or equity related securities and the remaining portion in fixed income securities. Fixed income (or debt) as an asset class is subject to less price volatility relative to equity and therefore...

If you had invested in SBI Blue-chip Fund 3 years back, you would have made a tax free profit of nearly 75% till date (Dec 3, 2016). While we should acknowledge that, 2014 was a bumper year for the Indian stock market, 2015 / early 2016 was one of...

In this two part series, we selected top 7 Flexi Cap Funds based on CRISIL’s mutual fund ranking and Morningstar ratings. Each of these funds has delivered outstanding performance both in the short term and also...

Infrastructure funds, which have been the biggest laggards in the last five years, are now making a strong comeback. Infrastructure sector funds, as a category, have given nearly 65% returns in the last year...

The importance of rural India in the political and economic context of our country can never be overstated. The rural economy has always been a priority area for governments both in the centre and in the states since our independence. A good...

Retirement planning is a complex but a very important topic, especially in today’s context as our country is going through a process of economic and social transformation. Some of these changes are...

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)...

Balanced funds are ideal investment options for first time mutual fund investors. In equity markets there will always be periods when volatility will be very high. Depending on our investing temperament, some investors find high volatility very stressful...

There has been a spate of closed end Mutual Fund launches in the last one year. There is much lesser awareness about closed end funds among retail investors for a number of reasons. Firstly, the closed end...