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The strong Bull Run in the markets since the last 6 months has ensured good returns to investors. So, obviously, it is tempting for investors to book profit by selling their Equity Funds. Old timers are sceptical of the market's...

Principal Emerging Bluechip Fund has just completed 10 years since launch. If you had invested Rs 1 Lakh in this scheme at the time of its NFO, your investment would have grown to Rs 10 Lakhs. In compounded annual growth rate (CAGR)...

Systematic Investment Plans (SIPs) were introduced in India almost 22 years back by Franklin Templeton. Since then, SIPs has become the preferred way of investing in Mutual Funds. Currently in India, Investors are contributing almost Rs. 3,000 Crore...

In the beginning of your investment journey, you decided you are only going to rely on fixed income instruments to plan your financial future. After this decision, you seem to constantly get news of friends, family and relatives who have fared badly in the...

In our previous article, How have top Unit Linked Insurance Plan (ULIP) funds performed in the last 5 years: Part 1, we have seen how the top equity oriented ULIP funds have performed in the last 5 years. We had seen...

Advisors and experts often mention that equity mutual funds are idle for investments as they provide long term capital gains and some schemes especially the ones under ELSS category qualify for tax rebate under Section 80C. The dividends received...

The equity market has been challenging for the last 6 to 9 months due to variety of concerns e.g. spread of Omicron, high commodity prices, trajectory of interest rates, the War in Ukraine, slowdown in Chinese economy etc. Over the last 6 months, the Nifty 50 is down nearly 12%, while the broader market, particularly...

The whole world is going through the worst crisis in several decades due to rapid spread of Coronavirus. Many countries including India are in lockdown and stock markets all over the world have crashed. The Sensex is down 35% this year, but there are many examples of severe market downturns in the past (see the chart below)...

Reliance Equity Opportunities Fund has been one of the consistent mutual fund performers in the last 10 years. Consistent performers deliver outperformance across different time-scales and market conditions. These funds not only help the investors...

Avoid claiming small expenses: If you don't make a claim on your automobile or car insurance during a policy year, you will be entitled to a no-claim bonus (NCB). No claim bonus can be around 20%...