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ICICI Prudential Value Series 1 and 2 were launched towards the end of 2013 as three year close ended schemes. With the benefit of hindsight, we can say that the timing of subscription to these Value Series schemes were just great. The equity market was...

The equity market is passing through a very challenging environment this year. High inflation, rising interest rates, tightening liquidity, weakening Chinese economy and currency and the War in Ukraine have created significant headwinds for equity as an asset class. Heavy FII selling of Indian equities have...

The outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic has caused great turmoil in equity markets all over the world including India. The lockdown announced by the Government in late March and gradual reopening of the economy in the face of continuing rise in COVID infections is likely to have an adverse impact on economic growth and corporate earnings. As a...

Equity Linked Savings Schemes are mutual fund schemes which qualify for tax savings under Section 80C of Income Tax Act, 1961. You can claim up to Rs 1.5 lakhs deduction from your taxable income by investing in ELSS. ELSS investments have a lock-in period of 3 years. If you are investing in ELSS through Systematic Investment Plans, each SIP...

When I was in middle school in the mid eighties, I remember that, for many months the headline dominating the newspaper front pages, related to the subject of bank computerization. The banking industry was crippled...

Life insurance is essential for our financial security. However, life insurance as a financial product, popular as it may be, is still widely misunderstood due to the general lack of financial literacy and widespread misselling...

Small cap funds have been in a rage among retail investors this year. In each of the months of the first quarter of this financial (FY 2023-24), small cap funds attracted the largest net inflows among all actively managed equity mutual fund categories. In April, May and June, small cap funds got net inflows Rs...

Equity markets never move in one direction only. Market advances or declines based on a variety of factors on a day to day basis. Sometimes the movement against the market trend can sustain for days and weeks...

In the first part of this series, we discussed how different categories of equity mutual funds performed in 2014. While equity funds performed strongly driven 30% rise in Sensex during 2014, even some debt funds gave...

Large and Midcap market segment refers to the top 250 companies by market capitalization. The top 100 companies by market capitalization are large cap companies, while the next 150 companies are classified as midcaps. Mutual...