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Good housekeeping is one area that could bring immense value to the investor. The number of financial products held by an investor these days is getting unwieldy. Documentation, preservation, operational...

Retail investors in India have traditionally favoured Bank Fixed Deposits and Government Small Savings Schemes for their fixed income investments. However, fixed deposit interest rates have generally been declining over the years (see the chart below). Nominal interest rates are directly related to inflation. As...

If you started a monthly SIP of Rs 10,000 in Canara Robeco Bluechip Equity Fund at the time of its inception(August 2010), you could have accumulated a corpus of nearly Rs 56 lakhs (as on 31st July 2024) with a cumulative investment of just Rs 16.8 lakhs. This large cap fund has recently completed 14 years...

Equity Linked Savings Schemes are mutual fund schemes which qualify for tax savings under Section 80C of Income Tax Act, 1961. You can claim up to Rs 1.5 lakhs deduction from your taxable income by investing in ELSS. ELSS investments have a lock-in period of 3 years. If you are investing in ELSS through Systematic Investment Plans, each SIP...

In our previous article, we had discussed the buzzing large cap and diversified equity funds. In the last 6 months large cap and diversified equity funds categories have given average returns of 26 – 30%...

Think about this… let us take the case of a developer who wants to build a residential block and has got all permissions for it and has even started the work on the ground. Now, he finds that offices are fetching...

Planning is essential for achieving our dreams and aspirations. Aspirations are dynamic and keep changing over different stages of life. As students, academic excellence, for some, professional qualification and finally getting the dream job...

The outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic has caused great turmoil in equity markets all over the world including India. The lockdown announced by the Government in late March and gradual reopening of the economy in the face of continuing rise in COVID infections is likely to have an adverse impact on economic growth and corporate earnings. As a...

After a few days of weakness the market has resumed its upward journey. As on February 12 end of day, Nifty has reclaimed the psychologically important 8,700 level and is now marching towards the 8,800 level...

The equity market has been very volatile over the past few months. The Nifty is down 17% from its 52 week high and the Nifty 50 TRI is down 11% on a year to date (YTD basis) Data source: Advisorkhoj.com as on 20 June, 2022. High inflation is the main concern of equity markets around...