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An often debate, are Direct Plan better than Regular Plan? Do we really need a Mutual Fund Distributor? In real value terms, it’s a non-debatable topic though. How often we get tempted as an investor to jump in & invest in a product performing well in short term or we have heard about it from a friend etc.? Not realizing if it actually...

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...

The basic concept of life insurance is fairly simple. Most of us are familiar with insurance and own one or more life insurance policies. Yet there are several misconceptions and lack of understanding of various...

There are both advantages and disadvantages associated with buying single premium versus regular premium life insurance policies. In a single premium insurance policy, the entire premium is paid up front, whereas...

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...

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...

There is an old saying in cricket, "form is temporary but class is permanent". This applies to HDFC Top 200 fund, a long term top performer in the large cap funds category. This fund from HDFC AMC the largest ...

Aggressive hybrid funds are equity oriented hybrid mutual fund schemes which were earlier known as balanced funds. The schemes are mandated by SEBI to allocate 65% (minimum) to 80% of their portfolio to equity and equity related...

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...

If you thought only ghosts could make horror stories let me tell you horror stories with humans as protagonists. It is only natural that we feel so safe and secured in our lives that we assume nothing could possibly...