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For capital safety and short term returns, bank fixed deposit is a natural choice for most Indian investors. However, fixed maturity plans (FMPs) offered by mutual funds are gaining popularity among more...

ICICI Prudential Tax Plan is the best equity linked savings scheme in the last five years, on the basis of annualized returns. Equity Linked Saving Schemes (ELSS) is one of the most popular investments allowed under...

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...

The Principal Growth Fund has given excellent returns in the last four years after a superb turnaround in performance. This diversified equity flexicap fund was underperforming for many years but a major portfolio reshuffle in 2012...

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...

In 2007 legendary investor Warren Buffet made a million dollar wager against a hedge fund manager that a simple S&P 500 index fund would outperform a selection of actively managed funds over a 10 year period. The bet’s timeline...

Best Tax Saving Investment Options: An Objective Review (Part 1 of 2) - Section 80C of Income Tax Act allows tax payers to claim deductions from their taxable income (upto Rs 1 Lakh) by investing in certain...

Equity Linked Savings Scheme (ELSS) is the best tax saving (Section 80C) investment option for investors looking to create long term wealth. In our blog, we have discussed the benefits of ELSS a number of times (please see our post, ELSS is...

Foreclosure of a home loan is a wise decision as it helps lower the interest burden and brings down the overall cost of the property to the owner, while preserving the asset value. However, foreclosure of home loan could also be tricky, particularly if...

Infrastructure is said to be the tangible aspects such as roads, railways, transportation, electricity and so on which are indispensible to the day to day functioning of an economy. The state of the infrastructure is...