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There is a famous Chinese curse that says “May we live in interesting times”, and as we look at the month gone by, this seems to be an understatement! Interestingly, for history watchers, September has frequently been a volatile...

We often get queries from investors, enquiring about best debt mutual funds. Some investors want stable income and low volatility in a rising interest rate scenario; accrual based short duration debt funds are suited for such investors. Some...

While awareness about exchange traded funds (ETFs) is quite low in India, these funds are gaining currency with investors over the last few years. In the last 5 years, the mutual fund industry assets under management (AUM) in...

After a few months of tranquility, volatility has returned to the stock market with full fervor. This month the Nifty has already fallen by 537 points and the possibility of the market extending its losses are quite high. For the past few...

Bank fixed deposits paying monthly interest or post office monthly income schemes (MIS) are the traditional investment choices of investors who needed regular income from their investments. However, with fall in interest rates...

Mutual Funds is a way of investing ones savings into a pool of funds that goes into various assets like equities, debt and gold etc. depending on the fund choice made by the investor. One can go for investing in equity...

The stock market has been quite volatile this year. February and March saw the Nifty – 50 fall more than 1,000 points. The market then stabilized and recovered, though there were some choppy periods. Volatility has again returned in...

Midcap and Small Cap equity mutual funds had a dream run from 2014 to 2017. During this period the Nifty Midcap 100 and Nifty Small Cap 100 indices grew at a CAGR of 28% each. Midcap and small cap mutual funds were able to give...

With rise in short term yields, the spread between the 2 year and 10 year Government bond yield has narrowed to just 12 bps, this is a good time to invest in debt mutual funds which invest in corporate bonds to lock in the high yields...

In Part 1of this post, we discussed how lower interest rates can be the new normal in the medium to long term. Low interest rates will necessitate a rethink in approach to post retirement planning for Senior Citizens. In the second part...