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Axis Multi-cap Fund completed 3 years in November 2020. 3 year performance period is usually a good horizon to evaluate the performance of a fund. Multi-cap funds invest across different market cap segments i.e. large cap, midcap and small cap. Axis Multi-cap fund is one of the best performers in its category The chart below shows...

Though index funds have experienced huge growth in assets under management (AUM) over the last few years, there is relatively less awareness about factor based index funds or smart beta index funds. Factor indices are constructed based on quantitative, rule based investment strategies based on factors which...

For this assessment year (FY 2020-21 / AY 2021-22), the Government has provided investors the option of sticking to the current income tax rates (as per their income slabs) and claiming exemption like Section 80C, 80D, HRA etc. or moving to the new tax regime with lower tax rates for incomes below Rs 15 lakhs but giving up most of the...

Canara Robeco Mutual Fund has launched a thematic fund NFO, Canara Robeco Manufacturing Fund. The fund will invest in companies from different industry sectors that come under the manufacturing theme. The Government with its “Make in India” policy aims to make India a global manufacturing hub. Changing global...

A term which made sense to me when I saw its importance exemplified in front of my eyes. Up until that experience, I felt it was something that the friendly uncle, who turned out to be our family agent,visiting our house touted about. For me, life insurance...

When I was in middle school in the mid eighties, I remember that, for many months the headline dominating the newspaper front pages, related to the subject of bank computerization. The banking industry was crippled...

Life insurance is essential for our financial security. However, life insurance as a financial product, popular as it may be, is still widely misunderstood due to the general lack of financial literacy and widespread misselling...

Large and Midcap market segment refers to the top 250 companies by market capitalization. The top 100 companies by market capitalization are large cap companies, while the next 150 companies are classified as midcaps. Mutual...

Every country exports and imports for its survival. As long as this equation of imports versus exports is balanced, it is good for the nation but when imports become more than exports, the value of the currency...

In this blog post, we have selected two equity mutual fund schemes from Principal MF stable and looked at their long term performance track record. Principal Emerging Bluechip Fund, a large and midcap equity fund and Principal Multicap...