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An often debate, are Direct Plan better than Regular Plan? Do we really need a Mutual Fund Distributor? In real value terms, it’s a non-debatable topic though. How often we get tempted as an investor to jump in & invest in a product performing well in short term or we have heard about it from a friend etc.? Not realizing if it actually...

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...

The impact of elections on Indian equity market is well known. When election results were in line with the market expectations then market rose sharply, and when they were not in line with market expectations the market...

More often than not, I am faced with questions from prospective clients like “Can you suggest a good plan for our child?”, “Would this insurance plan be good for our child?” and so on. This makes me ponder as to...

Sushant has one term insurance plan of र 50 lacs sum assured. Mukul has two term plans of र 25 lacs each from two different life insurance companies. Which is more advantageous? Sushant pays an annual premium of...

The last one year has been very good for mid and small cap funds. Mid and small cap funds have generated significantly superior returns relative to large cap and diversified equity funds categories over the last 1, 3, 5 and even 10 year periods, as can be...

Indiabulls Bluechip Fund has beaten the CRISIL – AMFI Large Cap Index in financial year 2017 – 18. In our March blog (refer to our post, Why large cap equity mutual funds will always be a flavor for investing), we had mentioned that...

Prashant Jain is one of the well respected names in the fund management industry. He is the CIO (Chief Investment Officer) of HDFC mutual fund. Very few can boast of long term track record as he has. He is...

I read a quote once which stayed on with me and even now inspires me to travel. It said, ‘The world is a book and those who do not travel read only a page’. Inspiring and motivating, the quote combined my passion for reading and travelling in one and...

Canara Robeco Equity TaxSaver is one of the top performing equity linked savings schemes (ELSS) in the country. Equity Linked Saving Schemes (ELSS) is one of the most popular investments allowed under Section...