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British economist, John Maynard Keynes, is perhaps the most influential economist since the birth of economics as a separate social science discipline in the late 1700s. His definitive economic treatise, The General Theory of...

India is still largely a patriarchal society and financial decisions in families are almost an exclusive domain for men only. Percentage of women in the Indian workforce is only 27%; taking care of the family is seen as the main responsibility...

In our post, Did you know the basics of Mutual Fund investing, we explained some commonly used terms that investors come across, when investing in mutual funds. In this blog post, we will explain some common terms associated with one of...

After the last monetary policy announcement by the RBI in February, I read several articles and news reports where the financial experts were asking investors to avoid long term debt funds. Strangely enough, just 3 - 4 months back...

In this series of posts we will explain various terms that you come across in mutual fund literature, be it research sites, factsheets, financial blogs, journals and newspaper reports. I have seen that, many retail investors have a superficial...

As you know investments in equity or equity oriented mutual funds are suitable to investors with moderately high to high risk profile. Within the equity funds categories, mid & small cap funds and sectoral funds have the highest risk. However, if you can...

There is a lot of material online, including on our website, discussing the merits and demerits of investing in large cap versus small and midcap stocks / mutual funds. Most blogs and articles that I have come across club small...

Health insurance is very well established in most of the developed countries, but in India it is still in nascent stage. As per the last National Sample Survey (NSS), more than 80% of India’s population is not covered under any health insurance scheme...

The last one year has been very good for mid and small cap funds. Mid and small cap funds have generated significantly superior returns relative to large cap and diversified equity funds categories over the last 1, 3, 5 and even 10 year periods, as can be...

The Narendra Modi Government in India has, since its inception, made infrastructure, the most important priority area, as far as fiscal policy is concerned. Budgetary allocations to infrastructure are on an increasing trend since the current Government...