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When picking a mutual fund for your investment consistent performance should be one of the most important selection criteria. While investors should invest in mutual funds with a long time horizon to create wealth...

This month we are focusing on thematic mutual funds. We have covered top performing banking and infrastructure funds. In this article, we will review Sundaram Rural India Fund, a thematic fund focused on the rural development in...

Tax free bonds have gained popularity among investors in the high tax bracket as interest earned from tax free bonds is exempt from income tax. In this article we will discuss about tax free bonds and see how they...

In 2015 we had looked at the best family floater Mediclaim Plans, based on Mediclaim ratings by Mint, the leading financial daily. Mint rates Mediclaim or health insurance plans based on a variety of parameters like premiums...

In our last three posts on this SWP series, we found how SWP from ICICI Prudential Balanced Fund, Reliance Regular Savings Fund Balanced option and Birla Sun Life Balanced 95 Fund were good options if you were looking for regular returns by using...

There is growing awareness of mutual funds in our country among retail investors. Retail mutual fund folios grew by over 15 lacs, a new record, in the quarter ending September 30, 2015. This was the fourth successive record quarter on...

Balanced Mutual Funds are hybrid equity oriented mutual fund schemes. These funds usually invest 65 – 75% of their portfolio in equity securities and the remaining in debt or money market instruments. The hybrid portfolio moderates the fund volatility to a...

Balanced funds are attractive investment options for first time mutual fund investors and investors with moderate risk tolerance, especially during periods of high volatility. In fact over the last year balanced funds on an average have...

In our article, Top 5 short term debt mutual funds in 2015, we had reviewed some of the best short term debt funds based on certain criteria. While short term debt funds are ideal for conservative investors looking for stable returns over...

ICICI Prudential Value Discovery Fund has given 25.5% returns since inception. The fund scores above most of its peers in the small and midcap category in terms of consistency of performance. CRISIL has ranked...