Dwaipayan Bose Articles

Benjamin Franklin, one of the founding fathers of United States of America, in his 1789 letter, shortly after the establishment of the US constitution, wrote that, “in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes”. Tax is one of...

Most investors who have invested in mutual funds through Systematic Investment Plan (SIP) over a long period of time vouch for the wonderful benefits of systematic investing. Even a small monthly auto debit from your bank account, which very often...

Over the last few days the Nifty corrected from its 52 week high of 8,969 to 8715 (as on September 9, 2016). This 250 point (approx) correction may have come as a surprise to some investors, but to readers who have followed our technical...

Over the past few years, rising consumption demand and private sector capex spending in India have been two most popular investment themes among both foreign institutional investors and domestic fund managers. While we may have...

If you invested र 5,000 every month in SBI Magnum Multicap Fund through systematic investment plan (SIP) for the last 5 years, the value of your investment will be over र 5.2 lakhs (as on August 22, 2016). The internal rate of return of monthly SIP in SBI...

Equity Linked Saving Schemes (ELSS) is one of the most popular investments allowed under Section 80C, since the investors can avail double benefits of tax savings and capital appreciation. An ELSS is a diversified equity scheme with a...

ICICI Prudential Top 200 Fund was one of the oldest (amongst the private sector pack) and well known diversified equity fund. The fund was launched more than 20 years back and over this long journey, the fund had its share of ups and downs. However, if...

Financial advisors have made a huge contribution to the development of the financial services industry in India and to improving the financial lives of Indian investors. As a society we know the virtues of saving, but among vast sections of...

In our post from last year, Top Liquid Mutual Funds: Better options than savings bank for parking your surplus cash, we had discussed why liquid funds are much better savings options compared to your savings bank account for parking short term...

Balanced Funds are ideal investment options for first time mutual fund investors and also investors with a moderate appetite for volatility. Over a long time horizon top Balanced Funds have given investors excellent returns and helped them meet a...