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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...

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...

Today let us explore how SIPs in Thematic Equity Mutual Funds have created wealth for the investors over the last 10 years. But, let us first understand what Thematic Funds are. Thematic Funds are equity mutual funds that invest in stocks based on a...

In the last one year the Sensex rose by 44% generating fabulous returns for many equity investors. If we look at mutual funds, the returns have exceeded even the Sensex returns. Large cap equity mutual funds...

When picking a mutual fund for your investment consistent performance should be one of the most important selection criteria. While investors should invest in mutual funds with a long time horizon to create wealth...

Balanced funds have been around in India for nearly two decades and Birla Sunlife 95 is one of the oldest schemes with one of the best track record of performance in this category. Balanced funds are essentially...

Balanced funds are attractive investment options for first time mutual fund investors and investors with moderate risk tolerance, especially during periods of high volatility. In fact over the last year balanced funds on an average have...

In our last three posts on this SWP series, we found how SWP from ICICI Prudential Balanced Fund, Reliance Regular Savings Fund Balanced option and Birla Sun Life Balanced 95 Fund were good options if you were looking for regular returns by using...

There is growing awareness of mutual funds in our country among retail investors. Retail mutual fund folios grew by over 15 lacs, a new record, in the quarter ending September 30, 2015. This was the fourth successive record quarter on...

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...