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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...

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...

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...

Section 80C of Income Tax Act 1961 allows investors to claim deductions from their taxable income by investing in certain eligible investment schemes. The amount of money invested in the schemes eligible u/s 80C can be claimed as deduction...

Some investors may think that, since mutual funds invest in stocks, they are better off investing in stocks directly through a broker instead of investing in mutual funds. Some people cite fund expense ratios and lack of control over the investments as key...

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...

In our previous article, Consistent Performers: Top 10 consistent performers in equity funds Part 1, we had discussed about the top 10 consistent performers among equity funds, as per the recent CRISIL ranking...

Many of our advisor friends requested us to do this article just because the markets have been scaling new highs almost daily during the last 7 – 10 days. The Sensex closed at 23871.23 after hitting the all time...

Bank of India Flexi Cap Fund is the best performing Flex cap fund in the last 1 year. The fund has maintained its position among the top 3 funds in terms of last 3-year returns. It is a remarkable achievement for a fund that was launched just around 4 years back in June 2020. If you...

Most investors tend to associate stock market with mutual fund investments. As per AMFI, AUM of equity oriented schemes accounted for nearly 70% of total retail AUM. Equity funds and equity oriented balanced funds are essentially long term...