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ICICI Prudential Banking and PSU debt fund has been a strong performer in the short term debt funds category over the last few years. In the last one year this short term debt mutual fund schemegave 9.7% return, which was much higher than bank...

Investors often tend to ignore the impact of taxes on their investment planning. Taxes, however, have a significant impact on the returns earned by the investor and therefore investors should pay due attention...

We all look forward to our retirement days when we will have time on our hands and lazy days stretching ahead. We will finally live life on our own terms without the iron hand of a schedule to intimidate us and to fasten...

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 1.1 Crore. Nippon India Growth Fund is undoubtedly one of the biggest wealth creators for mutual fund investors in India over the last 25 years or so. The phenomenal wealth creation story of Nippon...

In the previous article of this series, Tax Planning at different stages of life – Part 1, we have discussed some tax planning ideas for people in the age group of 20 – 30 years and 30 – 40 years. Tax planning is an...

"Change is the only constant" applies most aptly in case of insurance buying trend in India. During the time of our parents,traditional plans like whole life insurance, money back, Endowment Insurance and pension plans ruled the roost. However, post launch...

With FY 2013 – 2014 drawing to a close, the focus will now shift to FY 2014 – 2015. In FY 2013 – 2014 majority of retail investors stayed away from equity markets. Most of the retail investors, who did...

Mirae Asset Tax Saver Fund has emerged as the best performing tax saving mutual fund (ELSS) in the last 3 years (please see, Top Performing Mutual Funds (Trailing returns) - Equity: ELSS). If you had invested Rs 1 Lakh in the scheme three...

With the onset of volatility in the stock market earlier this year, dynamic asset allocation hybrid funds are in flavor with investors. As part of SEBI’s mutual fund re-classification initiative, dynamic asset allocation funds or balanced advantage...

With the new NDA government coming to power, many investment experts believe that, India is on the threshold of a long term secular bull market. While it is certainly easier to make money in bull markets, it is also...