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Prior to 2014 mutual fund fixed maturity plans (FMPs) were very popular low risk investment options for investors, primarily because of the tax advantage debt mutual funds used to enjoy over bank fixed deposits over a 1 year or...

When one talks about medical or health insurance, many prospective policy takers believe that they are sufficiently covered by their organisation and / or by their children’s place of employment. However, with spiralling cost of healthcare, one has...

The 20s are the most exciting decade of your life, but it helps if they are tinged with responsible fiscal behaviour. Most people who are about to graduate from college can barely contain their excitement. They are in the first years of the swinging...

In the first part of this series, Top 7 Small and Midcap Equity Mutual Funds for investment in 2016: Part 1, we saw the top 7 small and midcap funds, based on CRISIL’s latest mutual fund ranking (for quarter ended March 2016) and also our...

Small and Midcap equity mutual funds have been among the top performing mutual funds across all categories in the last few years. Small and Midcap funds have outperformed large cap funds both in terms of trailing returns and annual returns...

In our last three posts in this series we had discussed How SIPs in Top and Best Large Cap Mutual Funds have created wealth over last 12 years, How SIPs in Top and Best Mid and Small Cap Mutual Funds have created wealth over last 10 years, and...

In part 1 of this blog post, Bull and Bear Market Investing: Part 1, we had discussed that, if investors have long investment horizon, then they do not need to worry about timing the market. Even if investors get their timing horribly wrong, they can...

In our last two posts we had discussed How SIPs in Diversified Equity Mutual Funds have created wealth over the last 15 years and How SIPs in Mid and Small Cap Mutual Funds have created wealth over last 10 years. We found amazing example...

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...

Systematic Investment Plans (SIPs) were introduced in India almost 22 years back by Franklin Templeton. Since then, SIPs has become the preferred way of investing in Mutual Funds. Currently in India, Investors are contributing almost Rs. 3,000 Crore...