Financial planning for long term goals is not high priority for most individuals when they are young. At a younger age, fulfilling lifestyle desires, getting married and starting a family, purchasing assets for the family like a car and a house, are given more importance than savings and accumulation. But...

Multi-cap mutual funds are equity mutual fund schemes which invest in stocks across different market capitalization segments. Market capitalization of a stock is the share price of the stock multiplied by the number of shares...

Over the past few years, we have seen growing interest in debt mutual funds among retail investors visiting our website. AMFI data shows that retail and HNI investors now have 46% share of debt mutual fund (excluding liquid and...

Many retail investors who pulled out of midcap and small cap mutual funds during the correction last year have been waiting on the sidelines for the past few months for the election results. The Indian electorate has given a clear...

Advisorkhoj has always been a big advocate of mutual fund Systematic Investment Plans (SIPs) for financial planning. Thanks largely to the efforts of financial advisors and investment awareness programs of asset management...

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...

The stock market has surged in the last few days with the Nifty near its 52-week high. Nifty has gained nearly 6% in the last month but it has given negative returns over the last 6 months. The Nifty Midcap 100 Index has gained more...

There is a common saying that taxes and death are unavoidable and therefore, you should always assess your tax correctly and pay it at the right time. Mutual funds do not deduct tax at source for redemption proceeds but investors...

If you like to research different mutual funds before investing or are generally interested in mutual fund research, you may have come across a new equity fund category, Large and Midcap Equity Funds. This new category came...

Mutual fund investing is all about mapping your goals to suitable schemes that can help you achieve those goals. Your risk appetite and investment tenure are the two most important factors you’ll consider before you invest, as they...