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Consistent performance, in our view, should be most important selection criterion for mutual funds. While consistent performance is important for all categories of mutual funds, it is especially significant for long term debt funds (or income funds). This is...

In our last post on this series we discussed how SWP from ICICI Prudential Balanced Fund was proved to be a good option if one was looking for regular returns by using the SWP method. Today we will analyze how the same worked for Reliance Regular...

Do not forget as it is the last date for online filling of ITR for the FY 2011-12. The IT (Income Tax) Department provides an extended time for filing late ITR (Income Tax Return) till 2...

In the previous article of this series, Tax Planning at different stages of life – Part 1, we have discussed some tax planning ideas for people in the age group of 20 – 30 years and 30 – 40 years. Tax planning is an...

Warren Buffet called investments to be a second source of income. Times may have changed and we may like to call ourselves modern but we still earn the traditional way i.e. from one pay cheque to another. We usually...

Investors often tend to ignore the impact of taxes on their investment planning. Taxes, however, have a significant impact on the returns earned by the investor and therefore investors should pay due attention...

If you had started a monthly Systematic Investment Plan of र 10,000 in Reliance Tax Saver Fund 10 years back, by now you would have accumulated a corpus of nearly र 28.51 Lakhs with a cumulative investment of just र 12 lacs. In fact Reliance Tax Saver...

We keep hearing that it is very easy to lose money by investing in share markets. It is true that equity markets are risky. But it is also true that equity as an asset class has the potential to create wealth. How can...

There are both advantages and disadvantages associated with buying single premium versus regular premium life insurance policies. In a single premium insurance policy, the entire premium is paid up front, whereas...

In our previous article, Consistent Performers: Top 10 consistent performers in equity funds Part 1, we had discussed about the top 10 consistent performers among equity funds, as per the recent CRISIL ranking...