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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...

A term plan calculator is a specially designed tool that helps you calculate the required life cover in order to get a desired sum assured for you. This calculator, which helps you to calculate the exact premium for the desired life cover for you, is available on...

In the last one year the Nifty rose from 5694 to 6483, a rise of 14%. During the same period S&P 500, the US stock index, rose from 1558 to 1860, a rise of 19%. With the benefit of hindsight, as a rational investor...

Do not forget as it is the last date for online filling of ITR for the FY 2011-12. The IT (Income Tax) Department provides an extended time for filing late ITR (Income Tax Return) till 2...

If you had invested Rs 1 lakh in Nippon India Growth Fund in its NFO in October 1995, your money would have multiplied to more than Rs 2.2 crores. Nippon India Growth Fund is undoubtedly one of the biggest wealth creators for mutual fund investors over the last 25 years or so. The phenomenal wealth creation...

Warren Buffet called investments to be a second source of income. Times may have changed and we may like to call ourselves modern but we still earn the traditional way i.e. from one pay cheque to another. We usually...

FY 2014 - 2015 was a great year for mutual funds with equity funds seeing record inflows. Undoubtedly this is very good news for the industry and the equity market. However, if one looks at the big picture...

Banking sector mutual funds have performed very strongly in the last one year or so, after underperforming in 2015. In the last one year banking sector mutual funds have given average returns of 27.5%. On a 2017 year to date basis, banking sector funds...

NJ Flexicap Fund was launched in September 2023. Flexicap is one of the most popular equity fund categories. As per AMFI November data, Flexicap funds with Rs 3.06 lakh crores of assets under management (AUM) is the largest category (in AUM terms) among all actively managed equity...

A survey by IMRB International shows that India’s per capita retirement and pension assets as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is among the lowest compared to other economies like Germany, USA and Brazil. The survey also...