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In the last 2 articles in this series we had discussed that IT and Healthcare sector funds had outperformed the market over the last one to two year periods. In this article, we turn our attention to Banking...

Balanced funds have been around in India for nearly two decades and Birla Sunlife 95 is one of the oldest schemes with one of the best track record of performance in this category. Balanced funds are essentially...

In the last article we had discussed that certain industry sectors like IT had outperformed the market over the last one to two periods. Healthcare or Pharmaceuticals is another sector that has outperformed the...

Savvy investors who have been following the equity markets would have surely observed that in the last one year certain industry sectors have outperformed the market. IT and Pharmaceuticals are two such...

Yesterday a good friend who happens to be a prospect as well asked, Vinayak how does it matter that all the products give more or less the same return, then why not only one product i.e. Bank FD for 10 years...

It is tax planning season now and Equity Linked Saving Schemes (ELSS) should be one of the top investment choices for investors. Some investors have a notion, that while ELSS is a good tax saving investment...

It is common knowledge in finance that equities as an asset class delivers superior returns over the long term, and as such is one of the best investment options for investors with high risk appetites. However, for...

When we think about mutual funds, we are conditioned to think only of equity investments. It is true equity as an asset class provides superior returns over a long time horizon. However equity funds are not the...

As with anything else in life, start investing from early age has great benefits. The earlier you start the better are the chances for creating wealth as you get more return for more time on your investments. However...

In the previous two articles in the tax planning series, we had explored investment options allowed under Section 80C, as permissible deductions from taxable income to determine tax obligation for the taxpayer...