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The market bounced back after President Trump announced ceasefire in the Israel Iran War. Crude prices which rose sharply after hostilities broke out between Israel and Iran tumbled. FII flows to Indian equities in June 2025 continued to be robust despite geopolitical risks. RBI’s 50 bps repo rate cut in June can boost spending...

Arbitrage funds have been in focus in recent times. In the last 3 years, the yield gap between arbitrage funds and savings bank account have widened. Furthermore, the yield / return gap between arbitrage funds and liquid funds have narrowed (see the chart below). On a post-tax basis, arbitrage funds enjoy the advantage...

With increasing application of payments digitization for different types of transactions in the financial services domain, online transactions in the mutual fund industry is increasingly gaining currency. Based on our interaction with both...

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...

Balanced Advantage Funds, also known as Dynamic Asset Allocation Funds, are hybrid mutual funds which manage their asset allocation dynamically between equity and debt. The asset allocation will change depending on market conditions using quantitative asset allocation models. You may...

Arbitrage Funds are equity-oriented hybrid funds that leverage arbitrage opportunities, like differences in the pricing of shares in two different exchanges, or in the prices at the spots and futures market etc. Since there is a simultaneous buy and sell, they do not carry the volatility...

If you invested Rs 10 lakhs in Canara Robeco Emerging Equities Fund at its New Funds Offer (NFO) in March 2005, your investment would have multiplied 18 times to nearly Rs 1.8 crores (as of 21st August 2023). The CAGR of Canara Robeco Emerging Equities Fund since inception is 16.9%. The chart below shows...

There is a perception among some people that if you are single you do not need life insurance. On the face of it, the logic seems to make sense. Since single people do not have spouse and children to provide...

Nippon India Mutual Fund is launching Nippon India Nifty Alpha Low Volatility 30 Index Fund NFO. This is a passive fund which will track the Nifty Alpha Low Volatility 30 Index. The Nifty Alpha Low Volatility 30 Index is multi-factor index, which will comprise of the top 30 stocks based on alpha...

This is a story about two friends who had a completely same lifestyle. Mansukh and Chintamani, both of them had sons named Sukh and Mani respectively. They were of same age, studying in 5th...