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The most important objective of life insurance is to get life cover for the dependents of the insured in the event of an unfortunate death. In other words, in the event of an unfortunate death, your family should receive the sum assured from the...

Only 7 days are left and its time you file your Income Tax return (ITR) for the financial year 2014 – 15 (Assessment Year 2015 – 16), if not filed already. This is the time of the year when most tax payers run around at the...

There is a perception among some mutual fund investors that larger the fund AUM (assets under management), better is the prospect of good performance. However, in reality there is no significant correlation between fund AUM...

Investing is not just about investing your saved up money and then forgetting about it. It is a means of generating a second source of income. Just the way you work hard to generate your primary income, at the initial stage even investing will...

Balanced Mutual funds are excellent investment options for investors with moderate risk tolerance, since they can generate excellent returns for the investors with limited downside risks. In fact balanced funds have seen excellent inflows...

Ask anyone, ‘what financial freedom is?’ they will tell you it is having the financial power and not being answerable to anyone. It is a time when you can say, ‘this is my money and I want to do (anything I wish) with this’ and actually doing...

Some top performing equity funds have given 2 times returns in the last 3 years. Birla Sun Life Frontline Equity fund has given 17 times returns in 12 years, implying that on an average, investment in the fund has doubled in value every 3 years...

Mutual Funds which stand the test of the time and deliver strong returns across different market cycles become favourites with investors. SBI Magnum Multiplier fund launched in 1993 is one such fund. In the last few years, the fund...

As investors you are often told that investments are done with the aim of fulfilling personal financial goals. This is often said with the assumption that you have a financial goal or goals to fulfill. The idea of having personal goals...

There are many investment options that plague an investor. Wealth management keeps getting increasingly cumbersome with a wide array of investment products. It is at these times that your advisor would probably suggest allocating...