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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...

The most important objective of life insurance is to get life cover for the dependents of the insured in the event of an unfortunate death. In other words, in the event of an unfortunate death, your family should receive the sum assured from the...

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...

We see a tendency among many investors and financial advisors of preferring popular mutual funds. Funds become popular by dint of their past performance and are thereafter, sought after by investors. However, many a times, in this process...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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)...