Over the last 6 to 9 months, several high profile bond and other debt paper defaults and downgrades have wracked fixed income mutual funds. Starting with ILFS default in September 2018 to defaults / downgrades in Dewan...Read More

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...Read More

Large and Midcap equity fund is a relatively new equity fund category. As per SEBI’s mandate, these schemes should invest at least 35% of their assets in large cap stocks and 35% of their assets in midcap stocks. The top 100 stocks...Read More

When planning our asset allocations, we usually think about equity and fixed income for our different investment needs. Equity investments are made over long investment tenures (usually 5 years or longer) and primarily for the...Read More

High volatility in stock market poses dilemma for many investors. Investors with long investment horizons and high risk tolerance may want to invest irrespective of market levels. Some investors may wait for the market to correct...Read More

Section 80C of the Income Tax Act 1961 allows tax payers to claim deductions of up to Rs 1.5 Lakhs in a financial year from their taxable income by investing in certain eligible schemes specified under the Section. Eligible schemes...Read More

An analysis of traffic to different sections (articles and different mutual fund research tools) of our website, advisorkhoj.com, provides us several interesting insights on investor preferences. Over a last couple of years we have seen...Read More

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...Read More

At the time of investing in a mutual fund schemes, investors have to select whether they want to invest in Growth or Dividend Option. Investors should understand very clearly that, whether you invest in the Growth or the Dividend...Read More

In the journey towards financial freedom, there are two important aspect, creation of wealth while you are alive & protecting your family financially after you are gone. LIC Mutual Fund offers a product which does both, this is called...Read More