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The equity market has suffered very badly since the outbreak of Coronavirus pandemic. The Sensex has already fallen 25% this year and more pain is expected in coming weeks and months. Almost all industry sectors are in the red with one exception, healthcare. The S&P BSE Healthcare TRI is already up 16% on a year to date...

You might have read or heard a lot about Financial Planning or Financial Freedom planning. What does Financial Freedom Planning (FFP) mean? When can one claim that one is financially free? Many times we...

Top performing mutual funds have outperformed their Unit Linked Insurance Plan (ULIP) counterparts over a three year investment horizon. Top performing large cap oriented diversified equity mutual funds...

While small and midcap equity mutual funds generally tend to outperform large cap funds over a long investment horizon, the Reliance Small Cap fund has been an exceptionally strong performer in the small and midcap funds category and is clearly...

In our previous article, BSE sector performance and pointers for future outperformance: Part 1, we had looked at the performance of six sector indices in BSE and some indicators for future outperformance. We should...

In the previous two articles in the tax planning series, we had explored investment options allowed under Section 80C, as permissible deductions from taxable income to determine tax obligation for the taxpayer...

The Narendra Modi Government in India has, since its inception, made infrastructure, the most important priority area, as far as fiscal policy is concerned. Budgetary allocations to infrastructure are on an increasing trend since the current Government...

I constantly see financial advisors share information about various Funds performances, Funds beating their respective benchmarks by huge margin and funds giving 80-100 times return in X no. of years. That leaves me thinking how does...

There are plenty of reasons to be optimistic about Indian equities. The Lok Sabha election has given an historic verdict. For the first time since 1984, a single party has an absolute majority in the Parliament. This...

The true meaning of the word Life Insurance made sense to me when my neighbour Raghu suddenly expired one morning. Raghu met with a sudden heart attack and declared dead on arrival at hospital. His family had no clues as to what to do in a...