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Mutual Fund monthly income plans are debt oriented hybrid funds. Usually a maximum of 25% of the asset allocation goes to equity and the balance to debt. The debt portion of the asset allocation ensures stability of income, while the equity...

If you had invested Rs. 1 lac ICICI Prudential Value Discovery Fund NFO 11 years ago, the value of your investment on December 4 2015 would be Rs. 11 lacs. This implies the fund has given 11 times returns in the last 11 years. Very few...

The perpetual question that investors are faced with is: Debt or Equities. As an investor should one opt for the volatility and to get high returns of equities? Or one should seek safety in debts while gathering moderate returns? While it is agreed...

An investor who put Rs 1 lakh in Reliance Growth Fund in its NFO in October 1995 would now be sitting on more than Rs 1 Crore. The phenomenal wealth creation story of Reliance Growth Fund over the years is known to many mutual fund investors and...

Over the past few months, we have seen headlines like "2 times return in 3 years" from some equity mutual funds. While the performance of these fund managers should certainly be lauded, one must also remember...

A vast majority of risk averse investors prefer bank fixed deposits to debt mutual fund schemes. Perception of risk and lack of financial awareness are the contributing factors. For investors who are willing to sacrifice...

There are many investment options that plague an investor. Wealth management keeps getting increasingly cumbersome with a wide array of investment products. It is at these times that your advisor would probably suggest allocating...

If you had invested र 10 Lacs in the NFO of DSP BlackRock Top 100 Equity Fund – Regular plan - Growth, 13 years back on the launch date of March 03, 2003 and started withdrawing र 8,000 per month after one year then the current value...

Today’s senior citizens definitely have more savings and investments compared to their parents, when they were retired, but the cost of living has multiplied manifold. Many of today’s retirees, unlike their...

Most of us keep our money lying in savings bank if we plan to use them in short term (less than 12 months) and park it in fixed deposits if we do not plan to use it in the short term (more than 12 months). We have discussed in our blogs that...