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Systematic Investment Plans (SIPs) are one of the most perplexing investment instruments. While most new investors are wary of them, a lot of seasoned investors too have struggled to get their SIP strategy right.So, before jumping on to...

As discussed in our last post How SIPs in Diversified Equity Mutual Funds have created wealth over the last 15 years, Systematic Investment Plans (SIPs) were introduced by Franklin Templeton Investments around two decades back. Since then...

If you invested र 1 lac in Eicher Motors stock 10 years back, can you guess what your stock holding will be worth today? If you invested in Eicher Motors 10 years back and have been holding those shares till today, the value of your र 1 lac investment today...

This year has been especially volatile for equity markets in India. The Sensex has fallen by 10% over the past one month. If we compare with the all time high in early March, the Sensex is down over 15% (as on Sep 2)...

Exchange traded funds (ETFs) are increasingly becoming popular among investors around the world and also here in India. ETFs invest in the basket of securities that replicates the composition of a market index like Sensex, Nifty, BSE – 100, Nifty – 100 etc. ETFs do not aim to beat market returns, their objective is to track and deliver...

Diversified equity mutual funds are the most popular category of mutual funds among retail investors. Diversified equity funds invest in companies across industry sectors and market capitalization segments. These funds, also known as Flexicap or...

With improving sentiments in Indian and Global equity markets, the Sensex and Nifty have surged to their historical highs in the past few weeks. With improvements in current account deficit and the inflation...

In the last 5 years, Mirae Asset Emerging Bluechip Fund has emerged as the best performer in the large and midcap equity funds segment (please see top performing large and midcap funds in our MF Research section). For the benefit of readers...

While large cap mutual funds are seen as all-weather funds, diversified multi-cap equity mutual funds, which invest in stocks across different market cap segments and industry sectors, are seen by many investment experts as the ideal...

With growing awareness about term plans, these plans are increasingly gaining popularity in India. We have discussed a number of times on our blog that term plan is the best form of life insurance since it is a...