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Domestic consumption is one of the most important themes of the India Growth Story. Young population and high proportion of working population are the structural demand drivers that distinguish us from other large emerging markets, as far as consumption...

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...

In our previous articles, How Mutual Fund SIPs have created wealth over the last 15 years: Large Cap and Diversified Equity and Mutual Fund SIPs have created wealth over the last 10 years...

Interest rate cuts by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) are usually good for the economy. It reduces the borrowing costs of business, which in turn leads to incremental economic activity, higher employment rates and higher GDP growth. The stock and...

My friend Amit understood the meaning of life Insurance when his colleague Muthu suddenly died in office. Muthu met with a sudden heart attack and declared dead when brought to the hospital. Even though Muthu was earning Rs 65,000 a month, he had...

Balanced funds are attractive investment options for first time mutual fund investors and investors with moderate risk capacities. Balanced Funds are hybrid equity oriented funds with more than 65% allocation to equity and the balance to debt...

With the March 31^st deadline of making tax saving investments for Assessment Year 2017 – 2018 drawing closer, many investors would be looking at mutual fund Equity Linked Savings Schemes (ELSS) for tax planning purposes. ICICI Prudential...

The increasing cost of living is shrinking our wallets. Cost of many items of regular use has increased 5 to 7 times in the last 20 years; our income has not increased in the same proportion. As a result we are saving less and less on proportional and...

When I began writing this post, I saw that the Nifty was below 7,200. For market observers 7,200 was an important level for the Nifty. Nifty below 7,200 means that it has corrected more than 1,800 points or 20% from its all time of 9,000 made in...

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...