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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...

A term which made sense to me when I saw its importance exemplified in front of my eyes. Up until that experience, I felt it was something that the friendly uncle, who turned out to be our family agent,visiting our house touted about. For me, life insurance...

Aditya Birla Sun Life Frontline Equity Fund has completed more than 20 years since its launch. Over this period the equity market went through several cycles of bull and bear markets, but this large cap fund created substantial wealth for investors (see the chart below). If you had invested Rs 10,000 in Aditya...

While investing in Mutual Funds, you go through fund reviews, watch funds performance, track historical performance, find out what experts have to say and based on that decide if you wish to buy the fund. In short, buying a fund is no...

The equity market has been very volatile over the past few months. The Nifty is down 17% from its 52 week high and the Nifty 50 TRI is down 11% on a year to date (YTD basis) Data source: Advisorkhoj.com as on 20 June, 2022. High inflation is the main concern of equity markets around...

Contrarian investing is an investment style where the investor goes against the market trend. The market is simply the collection of all investors and the market trend reflects the collective wisdom of the majority of investors. Contrarian investment involves doing the opposite of what the majority of investors are...

We have stated a number of times in our blog that your fund selection should always be based on your investment goals and risk appetite, not on stock market conditions. The stock market moves up and down, but your financial goals...

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...

2014 was a terrific year for the equity markets in India. The Sensex rose by nearly 30% during the year on the back of the Lok Sabha election results and expectations of turnaround in the economy. Mutual funds saw...

There are times when life falls apart. Nothing goes as per plans. The known becomes the unknown and you become a stranger to yourself. We all have gone through this phase at one point of our lives. When we...