Mutual Funds Articles

DSP BlackRock Top 100 fund has been a very popular fund with investors for a long period. Over a long period of time, it is only natural that mutual funds go through ups and downs. DSP BlackRock Top 100 Fund has also gone through a period, where...

While small and midcap equity mutual funds generally tend to outperform large cap funds over a long investment horizon, the Reliance Small Cap fund has been an exceptionally strong performer in the small and midcap funds category and is clearly...

Balanced funds are ideal investment options for first time mutual fund investors. In equity markets there will always be periods when volatility will be very high. Depending on our investing temperament, some investors find high volatility very stressful...

In the first part of this series, Technology is reshaping our world: Financial advisors should embrace technology: Part 1, we discussed how technology is re-shaping the financial services landscape and in the second part we discussed How can...

In the previous part of this post, Technology is reshaping our world: Financial advisors should embrace technology: Part 1, we discussed how technology is re-shaping the financial services landscape. Michael Porter of Harvard Business...

When I was in middle school in the mid eighties, I remember that, for many months the headline dominating the newspaper front pages, related to the subject of bank computerization. The banking industry was crippled...

Two years back Wall Street Journal, the leading business and finance journal, published an article covering a study done by Lubos Pastor of the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business and Robert Stambaugh and Lucian Taylor of...

In the first part of this post, Should you invest in ULIPs, we had discussed that Unit Linked Insurance Plans, popularly known as ULIPs, are now much better products than what they were before 2010. The IRDA regulations with respect to ULIPs in 2010...

For many investors tax saving is usually a once in year investment exercise to save up to Rs 46,350 in taxes under Section 80C of Income Tax Act. However, tax saving investments can also help you meet your long term financial...

Hybrid funds offer investment choices to investors who want to earn more than what they get from their fixed income investments and at the same time not take risks associated with equity funds. Depending on their risk tolerance and investment...