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In the month of February 2016, the Government announced new small savings scheme rules, which has come into effect from April 1, 2016. Under the new rules, investors in small savings schemes like Public Provident Fund, National Savings Certificates...

Retirement planning is a complex but a very important topic, especially in today's context as our country is going through a process of economic and social transformation. Some of these changes are...

In the last 5 years, Mirae Asset Emerging Bluechip Fund has emerged as the best performer in the large and midcap equity funds segment (please see top performing large and midcap funds in our MF Research section). For the benefit of readers...

With growing awareness about term plans, these plans are increasingly gaining popularity in India. We have discussed a number of times on our blog that term plan is the best form of life insurance since it is a...

SBI Mutual Fund’s Bandhan SWP, on the face of it, is a plain vanilla Systematic Withdrawal Plan (SWP), but it has a beneficiary feature which makes it a unique investment solution for families. Using Bandhan SWP, you can create an income...

Mutual Fund monthly income plans are debt oriented hybrid funds. Usually a maximum of 25% of the asset allocation goes to equity and the balance to debt. The debt portion of the asset allocation ensures stability of income, while the equity...

In our previous article, How Mutual Fund SIPs have created wealth over the last 15 years: Large Cap and Diversified Equity, we had discussed how Systematic Investment Plans (SIPs) in good large cap...

The last one year has been very challenging for equity markets. The leading market indices like the Sensex / Nifty have fallen more than 20% from their 52 week high and we are in a bear market...

Most investors who have invested in mutual funds through Systematic Investment Plan (SIP) over a long period of time vouch for the wonderful benefits of systematic investing. Even a small monthly auto debit from your bank account, which very often...

Monthly Income Plans (MIPs) are one of the best investment options for investors with moderate risk tolerance. These mutual fund schemes invest 70 – 75% of their portfolio in fixed income securities and...