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Canara Robeco is one of the oldest mutual funds, started in 1993, and one of the most popular names in the mutual fund industry. Very few mutual fund schemes have a vintage of more than 20 or 30 years, along with a good track record. One such scheme is the Canara Robeco Emerging Equities Fund which is a Large and...

Yesterday we did a similar article From one market peak to another: How your SIPs are doing requested by some of our advisor friends. In the last article we covered SIP returns of some popular open ended schemes across...

In this series we have discussed some key financial management principles to be followed at various age groups, the twenties, thirties and forties. By the time you reach your fifties, you should have checked off...

ICICI Prudential Focused Bluechip Equity Fund has delivered outstanding risk adjusted performance relative to its peer set, ever since its launch in 2008. Even in the last one year, when equity market conditions have been difficult, ICICI Prudential...

Equity Savings Funds are a relatively new mutual fund product category. These are equity oriented hybrid funds similar to balanced funds, but the risk profile of these funds are more moderate (lower risk) compared to balanced funds. Balanced Funds...

Different asset classes have different risk / return characteristics and give different returns in different market conditions. The chart below shows calendar year returns of different asset classes over the last 10 years; BSE 100 TRI is used as the proxy for equity, CRISIL Short term Bond Fund Index for debt and MCX Gold futures for Gold...

Consumption is one of the most attractive themes for equity investors in India. What makes the consumption theme very attractive for long term investors is that, it is both cyclical and defensive. The cyclical aspect of consumption enables...

A contemporary trend that has captured popular imagination, irrespective of age, is travelling. Social media is flooded with accounts of various places to travels, bloggers have been writing about their travelling experiences, and once in a while we even...

From working with financial advisors for many years, I have observed many justifications for spending the majority of their workday in the office. Here are six of them...

As part of SEBI’s directive on mutual fund scheme rationalization and re-classification, some new scheme categories have been created to help investors understand the investment characteristics of different mutual fund schemes...