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India has been in the grip of a very high interest rate regime over the past few years. Home owners have seen a larger and larger portion of their equated monthly instalments (EMIs) going into interest payments...

Balanced funds are excellent investment options for investors with moderate risk tolerance, since they give very good risk adjusted returns. It is very surprising why balanced funds are not nearly as popular as...

Small and midcap stocks have the potential to give higher returns than large cap stocks in a bull market. These stocks usually get beaten down more in market corrections, but good quality mid cap stocks rebound...

Unit Linked Insurance Plan is probably the most controversial investment product in the recent history. It was marketed aggressively by the insurance companies, and there was low awareness among investors...

With Equity Linked Savings Schemes investors can not only save taxes, but by investing in the over the long term can create substantial wealth (please read our article, ELSS is ideal for Tax Savings and Wealth...

In the previous article of our debt fund series this month, we had reviewed the top 6 short term debt mutual funds. As the name suggests short term debt or income funds are good low risk investment options for one or two years. In this blog...

Retirement or Pension plans offered by Mutual Funds do not get as much of mention compared to the other retirement planning solutions, e.g. PPF, life insurance pension plans etc. These schemes are essentially...

Where do we park our surplus cash? Most of us keep it in our savings bank account. If we need to use the cash on a regular basis, savings bank indeed is the best option. It is safe and it is convenient...

Some investors will remember that in the good old days, when you could double your money in just over 5 years by investing in National Savings Certificates. Unfortunately it is not possible these days...

Humans pride themselves on being the most rational beings. All of us believe that we are only capable of making rational decisions, at least for us our investments, and that is what we have been doing so far. If somebody told you otherwise, you will either...