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The Indian mutual fund industry has made great strides over the last few years with investors pumping in a record Rs 1.3 lakh Crores in equity mutual funds in 2017. However, the share of mutual fund assets in household savings is still very low...

We have stressed the importance of performance consistency for mutual funds a number of times in our blog. For the benefit of all our readers, let us briefly explain why performance consistency should be the most important factor in fund...

We get many queries in Advisorkhoj asking for our opinion on which mutual fund schemes to invest in order to get the best return in the future. There are thousands of funds with different risk / return characteristics and...

In this multi-part series we have discussed how to select the best mutual fund schemes. In our previous part, Do you know the most important parameters in selecting mutual funds, we discussed 4 simplefactors to consider, when...

When it comes to expectations of return on investments, there are broadly two types of investors. The first type of investors seeks higher returns with an objective of multiplying their investments over a period of time, and using investments to...

A college friend bought a property in one of the suburban areas of Mumbai for Rs 30 lakhs in 2002. He recently sold the property at Rs 1.5 Crores – a profit Rs 1.2 Crores on an investment of Rs 30 lakhs. Many of my other friends were...

Generally, stocks are classified into large-cap, mid-cap, and small-cap based on their current market capitalization. The term 'Market capitalization' with reference to a company is the total number of its outstanding...

Most retail investors think only of the pharmaceuticals sector in the healthcare theme. However, healthcare is a much broader theme than pharmaceuticals – pharmaceuticals sector is a subset of the healthcare space. The global...

In Advisorkhoj, we often get asked by investors, how often should they review their mutual fund investments? Some financial advisors say that, the investors who made investments and then forgot about it were the ones, who got some...

As May comes to an end, I can't help but wonder that while the headline index numbers look benign, if there is one way to describe the month that went by, it is volatile. The large correction in the mid-cap index, compounded by a number...