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The strong Bull Run in the markets since the last 6 months has ensured good returns to investors. So, obviously, it is tempting for investors to book profit by selling their Equity Funds. Old timers are sceptical of the market's...

Avoid claiming small expenses: If you don't make a claim on your automobile or car insurance during a policy year, you will be entitled to a no-claim bonus (NCB). No claim bonus can be around 20%...

Advisors and experts often mention that equity mutual funds are idle for investments as they provide long term capital gains and some schemes especially the ones under ELSS category qualify for tax rebate under Section 80C. The dividends received...

Bharat 22 is an Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) offering by the Government of India to sell its stake in 22 companies to the public; this is part of Rs 72,500 Crore disinvestment target of the Government for FY 2017 – 2018. Bharat 22 is the...

For the last few weeks, the Nifty has largely been trading in the range defined by its support level at 7,800 and resistance level at 8,100. Support and resistance levels are very commonly used terms in share...

Aggressive hybrid funds are equity oriented hybrid mutual fund schemes which were earlier known as balanced funds. The schemes are mandated by SEBI to allocate 65% (minimum) to 80% of their portfolio to equity and equity related...

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...

If you want to invest in equities in India, there are two common avenues available to you. You can open demat and trading accounts with a stock-broker to buy or sell equity shares in the stock market. Alternatively, you can invest in equity mutual...

There are divergent views on this topic among financial advisors. A majority of financial advisors that I know think that social media has limited use in their businesses. However, I know some advisors have been very successful in leveraging...

Initial Public Offerings garnered huge interest from investors in 2017. More than Rs 70,000 Crores, a record amount, was raised from 38 offerings. Companies from 18 different sectors raised funds through IPOs in Fiscal Year to date, 2018. 2017 saw...