Category Archives: ETF

Selecting the Right Mutual Fund Scheme

If you are open to taking a significant amount of risk for capital appreciation, equity and equity related mutual funds are your best bet. That means if you are investing in equity MF’s through the systematic investment plan (SIP) route … Continue reading

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Join RupeeCamp: A Personal Finance School

I am happy to announce the first RupeeCamp for your consideration. RupeeCamp is possibly India’s first structured program for both learning and implementation of your financial decisions. It is a unique initiative and readers have called it an innovative product. … Continue reading

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Another Gold ETF Launched

Gold prices are having a dream run in the last decade. Gold Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) are the cheapest and safest ways of buying, holding and selling Gold. They eliminate wastage and don’t have the storage issues that physical gold … Continue reading

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The Best of Passive & Active Asset Managemnet

The unique concept of having both active and passive features may help investors to earn higher returns for the same risk. Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) in India have not taken off in a big way as many actively managed funds … Continue reading

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Retail Investors Looking at Mutual Funds?

The economic survey has called for increasing the participation of retail investors in the mutual fund industry while stating that there is scope for expansion of the industry from the present levels. The report has pointed out that in 2007-08 … Continue reading

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News from US: ETF is the way to go

THE exchange-traded funds (ETF) industry has the enemy in its sights: It’s the active manager, who runs a traditional equity mutual fund. When they first appeared in the marketplace, ETFs talked up such virtues as their lower costs, tax advantages … Continue reading

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Gold ETF is shining!

Gold exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are back in the limelight. After a dull three-month period, a sudden slump in the US stock market last week has investors flocking to buy gold. In the past one week alone, gold prices have increased … Continue reading

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Personal Finance Literacy: Treasure Post

This post links to a treasure trove of information on personal finance. Actually, April was National Financial Literacy Month in the US and JDR (GetRichSlowly) has the ultimate collection of posts covering everything on Personal Finance. Other than the 20 … Continue reading

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Personal Finance Website Update

Nine months ago I did not know what a blog is? Stuck up at home due to a back injury, I was casually chatting up with a geeky friend asking him about how to create a website, purely in jest. … Continue reading

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Financial Literacy Drive Treasure Post

This post links to a treasure trove of information on personal finance. Actually, April was National Financial Literacy Month in the US and JDR (GetRichSlowly) has the ultimate collection of posts covering everything on Personal Finance. Other than the 20 … Continue reading

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