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You have started investing but performances are far worse than what you anticipated. You soon start to make losses because of the falling markets. At first you ignored the phenomenon because it was a quick dip and would recover. However, instead of...

Have you heard of the story of the Greek tragic hero called Achilles? It was predicted that Achilles would die young. To prevent such a disaster Achilles’ mother dipped him in a river that made him invulnerable, except his...

The Psychology of Money is one of most researched fields among Behavioral sciences. It is an objective assessment of financial resources that is available to every individual and the behaviour that is triggered because of its...

This year has been especially volatile for equity markets in India. The Sensex has fallen by 10% over the past one month. If we compare with the all time high in early March, the Sensex is down over 15% (as on Sep 2)...

From time to time we see debates on expense ratios in the investment community. For the average retail investor in India, however, expense ratio is not an important factor in investment decision making. The average investors base their mutual fund...

Nowadays, conversation of any importance always centers the young generation. It is solely because 60% of the population in India is young guns and they are making a difference to the economy. They are believed to be the major contributors to the...

While investing in Mutual Funds, you go through fund reviews, watch funds performance, track historical performance, find out what experts have to say and based on that decide if you wish to buy the fund. In short, buying a fund is no...

The volatility in the Indian equity market over the past few weeks is sure to have spooked a lot of retail investors. The Sensex fell over 2,500 points from 28,236 on August 7 to 25,741 on August 24, a nearly 10% decline in little over 2 weeks...

While there is growing awareness of equity mutual funds among retail investors in India, awareness of debt mutual funds among retail investors is unfortunately still very low. There are also several misconceptions regarding debt...

The issue of diversification is a constant worry that gnaws at an investor. Am I diversified enough? This is a question that a lot of investors ask themselves and the ones around them. The various equity mutual funds, all come...