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We see a tendency among many investors and financial advisors of preferring popular mutual funds. Funds become popular by dint of their past performance and are thereafter, sought after by investors. However, many a times, in this process...

The healthcare cost inflation in India, based on some estimates, is in the range of 20 – 25%. A serious illness in the family can cause severe financial distress. Health or medical insurance is an essential need to safeguard our health and financial well...

As you know investments in equity or equity oriented mutual funds are suitable to investors with moderately high to high risk profile. Within the equity funds categories, mid & small cap funds and sectoral funds have the highest risk. However, if you can...

National Savings Certificate (NSC) offered by Post Offices has been a popular tax saving investment choice for many years. Its popularity may have diminished somewhat, with the advent of market linked...

In the last article we had discussed that certain industry sectors like IT had outperformed the market over the last one to two periods. Healthcare or Pharmaceuticals is another sector that has outperformed the...

In the previous article, we discussed that you can earn higher returns by parking your surplus cash in like liquid funds, instead of leaving it in your savings bank accounts. While savings bank pays...

Public Provident Fund is one of the most popular investment choices for Indian investors. There are a number of reasons that make PPF an excellent investment choice for the average investors...

Mint the leading financial daily rates Health insurance plans based on a variety of parameters. In this two part series, we will look at the best Health Insurance or Mediclaim plans based on Mint’s rating. Mint rates...

The Kotak Select Focus fund has delivered superior returns compared to the category of diversified equity funds and the S&P BSE 100 index, over the last one, two and three years’ time periods. The fund adopts an active...

There is a perception among some mutual fund investors that larger the fund AUM (assets under management), better is the prospect of good performance. However, in reality there is no significant correlation between fund AUM...