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The bullishness in stock market post the Balakot airstrike started ebbing out since polling for 2019 Lok Sabha elections began in the middle of April 2019. In the last 1 week or so, we saw erosion of nearly Rs 5 lakh Crore...

Most households have idle money lying in their savings bank account. Depending on your income levels, the amount of balance in your savings bank accounts may vary, but money lying idle in savings bank is not productive...

Arbitrage refers to the opportunity of making risk free profits due to price mismatch between two different markets for the same product. A simple example of arbitrage opportunity is the price difference of the same security in...

Over the past few months, debt mutual funds have been in the news for wrong reasons. In September 2018, the shock default by IL&FS (and its subsidiary) on its debt obligation shook the debt markets in which mutual funds are major investors...

Investing in ETFs and index funds are not as popular among retail investors in India as it is in the developed markets like the United States, but it is increasingly gaining popularity among investors. In the last 1 year, Nifty 50...

The difference between a focused fund and more diversified equity funds is that focused funds have a concentrated portfolio strategy as opposed to a diversified mix of stocks / sectors in diversified equity funds. We have had a number...

Performance consistency in mutual funds, in our view, is one of the most important attributes of superior long term returns and wealth creation for investors. Consistent performers may not always be the best performer in a particular year, but...

We have reviewed Principal Emerging Bluechip Fund a couple of times in the last one year. You can refer to our posts, Principal Emerging Bluechip Fund: One of the best large and midcap funds (published on 29^th August 2018) and Principal...

One of the most important classifications of equity mutual fund schemes is by market capitalization profile of the underlying scheme portfolio. Market capitalization is defined as the share price of a company multiplied by the...

Small cap stocks, i.e. stocks below the top 250 stocks by market capitalization, offer investors exponential growth opportunities. Since these stocks are under-researched and under-owned by the by...