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Balanced Mutual Funds are hybrid equity oriented mutual fund schemes. These funds usually invest 65 – 75% of their portfolio in equity securities and the remaining in debt or money market instruments. The hybrid portfolio moderates the fund volatility to a...

Investors can save up to Rs 46,350 in taxes per year by investing up to Rs 1.5 Lakhs in certain schemes specified under Section 80C of the Income Tax Act 1961. Public Provident Fund, National Savings Certificates, 5 year Tax Saving Fixed...

This month we are focusing on thematic mutual funds. We have covered top performing banking and infrastructure funds. In this article, we will review Sundaram Rural India Fund, a thematic fund focused on the rural development in...

In times of high equity market volatility, such as the one we are seeing right now, fluctuations in their asset values can be stressful for investors with moderate risk appetite or first time equity investors. However, as discussed many times in our blog, over a long investment horizon, no...

Systematic Investment Plans (SIPs) are one of the most perplexing investment instruments. While most new investors are wary of them, a lot of seasoned investors too have struggled to get their SIP strategy right.So, before jumping on to...

As discussed in our last post How SIPs in Diversified Equity Mutual Funds have created wealth over the last 15 years, Systematic Investment Plans (SIPs) were introduced by Franklin Templeton Investments around two decades back. Since then...

In our previous article, Best Diversified Equity funds for SIP in the last 5 years, we had looked at the top 10 diversified equity funds in terms of 5 year Systematic Investment Plan (SIP) returns. Small and...

ICICI Prudential Value Discovery Fund has given 25.5% returns since inception. The fund scores above most of its peers in the small and midcap category in terms of consistency of performance. CRISIL has ranked...

In 2015 we had looked at the best family floater Mediclaim Plans, based on Mediclaim ratings by Mint, the leading financial daily. Mint rates Mediclaim or health insurance plans based on a variety of parameters like premiums...

With improving sentiments in Indian and Global equity markets, the Sensex and Nifty have surged to their historical highs in the past few weeks. With improvements in current account deficit and the inflation...