Dwaipayan Bose Articles

Systematic Investment Plans (SIP) has been the favoured investing mechanism of many retail mutual fund investors, since they were introduced in India almost 20 years back by Franklin Templeton. SIPs offer a simple...

Sushant has one term insurance plan of र 50 lacs sum assured. Mukul has two term plans of र 25 lacs each from two different life insurance companies. Which is more advantageous? Sushant pays an annual premium of...

The Principal Growth Fund has given excellent returns in the last three years after a superb turnaround in performance. This diversified equity fund was underperforming for many years but a major portfolio...

Retail investors who are new to mutual funds usually go for large cap funds. These funds invest in large market capitalization companies. Investors often view large cap companies as safer investment options compared...

Top performing mutual funds have outperformed their Unit Linked Insurance Plan (ULIP) counterparts over a three year investment horizon. Top performing large cap oriented diversified equity mutual funds...

For the last few weeks, the Nifty has largely been trading in the range defined by its support level at 7,800 and resistance level at 8,100. Support and resistance levels are very commonly used terms in share...

Sometimes investors are confused with the variety of options in mutual funds. These options are designed to meet the different needs of the investors with different risk profiles and financial objectives. Mutual fund...

The midcap stocks which had been trailing the large cap stocks for the greater part of 2013, in terms of returns, caught up with the large cap stocks by the end of the year, and over the past few months, especially after...

ELSS funds offer triple benefits of tax savings, capital appreciation and tax free returns to the investor. The DSP BlackRock Tax Saver fund, one of the top ELSS funds, has outperformed the tax saving funds category...

Public Provident Fund (PPF) is still one of the best tax saving investments for risk-averse investors. PPF offers the triple benefits of tax saving, risk free returns and tax free returns. As per the provisions of the...