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Blue chip stocks are very large corporations with strong nationwide or even global reputations. Based on market capitalization, they are the largest of the large cap stocks. A blue chip fund invests primarily in blue chip stocks. As per SEBI’s categorization of mutual fund schemes, blue chip funds are large cap funds...

In our post, Importance of Financial Planning, we discussed how financial planning can help you meet your short term, medium term and long term financial goals. While you can engage a professional financial planner or advisor to prepare your...

In our previous article, we had discussed the buzzing large cap and diversified equity funds. In the last 6 months large cap and diversified equity funds categories have given average returns of 26 – 30%...

SBI Large & Midcap Fund has completed 30 years. If you had invested Rs 1 lakh in SBI Large and Midcap Fund (erstwhile SBI Magnum Multiplier Fund) at the time of its inception in February 1993, your investment would have grown to Rs 58 lakhs (as on 27^th March 2023). Rs 10,000 monthly SIP in the scheme over the last 20...

Planning is essential for achieving our dreams and aspirations. Aspirations are dynamic and keep changing over different stages of life. As students, academic excellence, for some, professional qualification and finally getting the dream job...

Life Insurance, in all its manifestations, seems a technical concept to many of us and thus we choose to overlook the nitty - grittiness of an insurance plan even when we are investing in the same. Call it the lack of awareness or the technical jargon used in the...

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...

Let me start by wishing all our dear readers a very happy and prosperous 2016. On behalf of the entire Advisorkhoj.com team, I want to thank our readers for their strong support and engagement over the past year and we will endeavour to further...

After a few days of weakness the market has resumed its upward journey. As on February 12 end of day, Nifty has reclaimed the psychologically important 8,700 level and is now marching towards the 8,800 level...

planning... or start their retirement planning late in life, which may put their financial inRetirement planning is one of the most important life-stage goals especially for salaried people. The financial objective of retirement planning is to accumulate a sufficiently large corpus which can meet cash-flow needs of you and your...