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My friend Sunil understood the meaning of life Insurance when one of his neighbours, Tridib suddenly expired one morning. Tridib met with a sudden heart attack and declared dead when brought at the nursing home. His family had no clueabout his...

Last year I was speaking with a life insurance advisor. Among other things, I urged him to recommend only term life insurance plans to his clients. Term plans are straightforward protection plans and are in the best interest of the insurance buyer...

In the Advisorkhoj blog, we have often stressed the importance of selecting consistent performers for your long term mutual fund portfolios. Many investors select mutual funds based on last 1 or 2 years performance, but investors should...

Over the last few days the Nifty corrected from its 52 week high of 8,969 to 8715 (as on September 9, 2016). This 250 point (approx) correction may have come as a surprise to some investors, but to readers who have followed our technical...

An asset allocation fund invests in a fixed or dynamic mix of three main asset classes, equity, debt and cash equivalents. In a fixed asset allocation fund, the asset allocation percentages of equity, debt and cash equivalents are fixed. The fund manager...

Buying a mediclaim policy is par for the course for a responsible family oriented person in today’s times. But purchasing the right mediclaim can get confusing, especially with a lot of conflicting information doing the rounds. We present a few...

When we talk about savings bank, we remember of an account when we were growing up and our parents helped us open one in the same bank where they maintained their account. All of us see our savings bank account as an account...

If you had invested र 10 Lacs in Birla Sun Life Frontline Equity Fund – Regular plan –Growth, during the NFO (launch date August 30, 2002) and started withdrawing र 8,000 per month after one year then the current value of your investment would have...

Gold as an asset category has a huge cultural significance for Indians. But cultural considerations aside, how is gold as an investment option? Apart from buying gold for weddings and other auspicious occasions...

The volatility in the Indian equity market over the past few weeks is sure to have spooked a lot of retail investors. The Sensex fell over 2,500 points from 28,236 on August 7 to 25,741 on August 24, a nearly 10% decline in little over 2 weeks...