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If you had invested र 10 Lacs in SBI Magnum Global Fund - Regular Plan - Growth, 11 years back (date June 30, 2005) and started withdrawing र 8,000 per month after one year then the current value of your investment would have been र 46.19 Lacs even...

The whole world is going through the worst crisis in several decades due to rapid spread of Coronavirus. Many countries including India are in lockdown and stock markets all over the world have crashed. The Sensex is down 35% this year, but there are many examples of severe market downturns in the past (see the chart below)...

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...

As investors we often get deterred away from the right investment choices because we hear the popular opinion concerning the instrument. Popular opinions are mostly formed on half baked truth. Hence, they exist...

Flexi Cap funds, as the name suggests, are diversified equity funds which invest in stocks across different market capitalizations. The flexible mandate of these funds enable fund managers to spot opportunities...

In our previous article Best mutual fund consistent performers in 2015: Large Cap Funds, we discussed the most consistent large cap funds based on CRISIL’s ranking of consistent performers. In this blog, we will discuss the top 8 most consistent...

Best Tax Saving Investment Options: An Objective Review (Part 1 of 2) - In the first part of this series, we compared and contrasted the different 80C Fixed Income on some important parameters like returns liquidity...

Healthcare costs in India are increasing at a distressing rate. Based on some estimates the annual healthcare inflation is in the range of 15 – 25%. A hospitalization for a serious illness can cost Rs 5 lakhs or...

In its last monetary policy review on August 5 the RBI kept the repo rate unchanged at 8%, as was widely expected. Governor Rajan reiterated the central bank’s commitment to bringing down inflation, signalling...

The post Budget rally is continuing for the third consecutive day with the Sensex up by around 250 points and Nifty up around 75 points after two hours of trading on Thursday morning. In our blog post yesterday, Understanding the post Budget market...