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In the past few years I was always the happy-go-lucky kind of guy. Having being educated from a good institute, I got a job easily and was doing well for myself. Then marriage happened and I learned what responsibility is. Family planning was the...

Volatility is an intrinsic aspect of equity asset class. In the last 10 years, it seems that, business cycles are getting shorter and volatility is increasing in stock markets around the world. 2008 was a watershed year for markets...

I was recently reading an academic paper on persistence of mutual fund performance published in a well known finance journal in the US. The research conclusion of the authors of the paper was that, performance...

I have said a number of times in my blog that, the world of investments has many nuances and our endeavour in Advisorkhoj is to make investors aware of these nuances. We often see financial advisors and media influencers making sweeping...

In our Demystifying Derivatives blog series, we have explained the basics of how futures and options (F&O) work. We have also discussed the risks in derivatives trading and margin requirements. In my interactions with retail...

Thematic and sector funds are considered to be more risky than diversified equity funds, but in certain periods of times these funds can provide a booster to your portfolio returns. For example, in the last one year, banking and financial...

Credit Opportunities Funds, also known as corporate bond funds, invest in corporate bonds with aim of giving higher returns to investors by capturing credit spreads of lower rated bonds. Credit Opportunities Funds...

The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), a branch of the US Federal Reserve Board that decides US monetary policy, meets eight times every year at intervals of 5 to 8 weeks. Investors in capital markets all over the world, including...

SBI Magnum Monthly Income Plan balances the need for capital safety with inflation beating returns. The fund achieves the balance by investing around 85% of its portfolio corpus in debt and money market, and around 15% in equity market. The fund has...

An asset allocation fund invests in a fixed or dynamic mix of three main asset classes, equity, debt and cash equivalents. In a fixed asset allocation fund, the asset allocation percentages of equity, debt and cash equivalents are fixed. The fund manager...