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If you had invested Rs 1 lakh in Principal Emerging Bluechip Fund nearly 12 years back at the time of its inception (NFO), its market value today (as on 2^nd December 2020) would be nearly Rs 12.5 lakhs. More 12X growth in 12 years imply a CAGR of well over 20%, which is phenomenal by any standard. There are funds which...

AssetPlus, a leading fintech platform for Mutual Fund Distributors (MFDs) in India, is celebrating a phenomenal milestone – surpassing 10,000+ empaneled partners! This achievement signifies AssetPlus's unwavering commitment to empowering MFDs and their clients in the ever-evolving wealth management landscape...

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...

Conservative Hybrid Funds, formerly also popularly known as Monthly Income Plans, are a sub-category of hybrid mutual funds, which invest 10 – 25% of their assets in equity and equity related securities and the balance in debt securities...

According to SEBI mandate, Aggressive Hybrid Funds invest 65-80% of their funds in equity and equity related instruments while the remaining 20- 35% is invested in debt and money market instruments. This ensures long term capital appreciation due to the equity exposure coupled with downside protection offered by...

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...

For this assessment year (FY 2020-21 / AY 2021-22), the Government has provided investors the option of sticking to the current income tax rates (as per their income slabs) and claiming exemption like Section 80C, 80D, HRA etc. or moving to the new tax regime with lower tax rates for incomes below Rs 15 lakhs but giving up most of the...

Mirae Asset Large Cap Fund has recently completed 15 years. If you invested Rs 1 lakh in Mirae Asset Large Cap Fund at the time of its NFO, your investment would have grown to Rs 7.75 lakhs (as on 1^st April 2023). The chart below shows how your investment would have grown over the last 15 years despite many...

We are getting busier in our careers. I started in 1996, and every year my responsibilities and work load has been increasing. Competition in business is increasing, and unless we work harder and smarter, we...

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...