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Asset allocation is one of the most important aspects of financial planning. The purpose of asset allocation is to balance risk and return in your portfolio. Quantum Mutual Fund’s 12 – 20 – 80* asset allocation strategy is aimed at building a balanced diversified portfolio which invests across different asset classes. The long...

ELSS Mutual Funds or Equity Linked Saving Schemes offer you a simple way to get tax benefits under Section 80C of The Income Tax Act 1961, while aiming to make the most of the potential of the equity market investing. Therefore, if the...

In our last post on this series we discussed how SWP from ICICI Prudential Balanced Fund was proved to be a good option if one was looking for regular returns by using the SWP method. Today we will analyze how the same worked for Reliance Regular...

If you want to invest in equities in India, there are two common avenues available to you. You can open demat and trading accounts with a stock-broker to buy or sell equity shares in the stock market. Alternatively, you can invest in equity mutual...

We keep hearing that it is very easy to lose money by investing in share markets. It is true that equity markets are risky. But it is also true that equity as an asset class has the potential to create wealth. How can...

Now it is time to live life king size with no more a list of goals to fulfill. Your life is going to be more than just a list of goals that has to be ticked off. No more living from one goal to another. You can pursue all hobbies that...

Term Life Insurance plans in India are the most basic, effective and important Insurance Plan for an individual. Term Insurance Plans are basically protection plans and designed to protect your family against unforeseen circumstances by providing...

Consistent performance, in our view, should be most important selection criterion for mutual funds. While consistent performance is important for all categories of mutual funds, it is especially significant for long term debt funds (or income funds). This is...

Savvy investors who have been following the equity markets would have surely observed that certain industry sectors outperform the market over certain market cycles. Over the last 3 years, the IT sector has...

If you invested Rs 1 lakh in Nippon India Growth Fund at the time of its launch 28 years back, your investment would have grown to over Rs 3 crores. Nippon India Growth Fund’s journey is also largely a part of India’s economic growth post liberalization. From some of the worst economic...