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Retail investors who are new to mutual funds usually go for large cap funds. These funds invest in large market capitalization companies. Investors often view large cap companies as safer investment options compared...

We have stated a number of times in our blog that Systematic Investment Plan is one of the best ways of wealth creation over a long investment horizon. The benefits of SIP viz. power of compounding, rupee cost averaging and disciplined investing are well known to our regular readers. We have discussed earlier in our blog that bear markets or deep...

Most mutual fund houses usually publish monthly reports, also known as factsheet that contain critical information for each scheme. The fact sheet contain the scheme objectives, important information related...

If you had invested र 10 Lacs in Reliance Equity Opportunities Fund – Growth Plan – Growth Option, during the NFO (launch date March 28, 2005) and started withdrawing र 8,000 per month after one year then the current value of your investment would...

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...

Right from the beginning of this year, we have been saying through our blog that, the stock market is expected to be volatile in the near term. Stock market volatility, if caused by macroeconomic factors, does not get over in two or three trading...

Term insurance policies are becoming increasingly popular in India, and for a very good reason. A term plan is the purest form of insurance and is a straightforward protection policy. The premium of term...

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...

In the bull market years of 2006 and 2007 many investors gravitated to infrastructure mutual funds in the hope of getting extraordinarily high returns in a very short time. In fact, infrastructure funds did give outstanding returns during those years...

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)...