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Lots of people choose the profession of an insurance advisor. Some people treat selling insurance as a part time vocation, while others choose it as a full time career. Irrespective of part time or full time nature...

ULIP or Unit linked insurance plan is a market-linked Insurance product that combines the very best of two - investments and insurance into one. The exciting feature of combining investments and insurance into ULIPs has brought a revolution in...

A lot has been written in financial blogs about Direct Plans. Many financial experts argue in favour of Direct Plans, especially about the fact that the expense ratio is lower in Direct Plans and that returns are a little...

Taking a home loan has become an essential part of buying a home in today’s straitened times. Real estate is prohibitively expensive in India, and most buyers have to take apply for a home loan to realise their house purchase dream...

It is not enough to bask in the security of your investments. An investment not reviewed is as good as an investment not made. Annual reviewing of investments and assets is of crucial importance...

In 2015, about 90 million people had Cancer and 8.80 million deaths occurred due to this dreaded disease which is also the second leading cause of death globally. According to World Health Organization (WHO) nearly 10 Lakh new cases are...

Small and Midcap equity mutual funds have been among the top performing mutual funds across all categories in the last few years. Small and Midcap funds have outperformed large cap funds both in terms of trailing returns and annual returns...

The last fifteen sixteen months have been very eventful for India as a new Government came in power with a clear majority which prompted the stock market to take a new high. The two budgets presented...

If you started a monthly SIP of र 5,000 in SBI Small and Midcap Fund 5 years back, your investment value would have been over र 6.31 lacs by May 23, 2016 (Source: Advisorkhoj Research). In other words, you would have made a profit of र 3.3 lacs...

Mathematical accuracy and performance in real time are different ballgames altogether. The maths and the returns might look perfect on paper but the discrepancies soon show as some investment performances...