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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
Posted in ETF, Index Funds, India, Investing, Mutual Funds
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Mutual Fund News and Updates
Here are a few links and updates on mutual funds in India: 1. Mutual Fund page 2. Transaction charges on investing in Mutual Funds 3. Mutual Fund SIP: Long or Short Term Stay tuned for more!
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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
Posted in Asset Allocation, Budgeting, ETF, India, Insurance, Investing, Mutual Funds, Personal Finance, Planning, Stocks, Tax
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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
Posted in ETF, Investing, Mutual Funds, Product Review
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Financial Success Habits: Put First Things First
Masteryourcard took the Franklin Covey class, “7 Habits of Highly Effective People,” and is currently in the process of explaining how these habits can benefit us financially. Here’s the link to the third habit The third habit, Put First Things … Continue reading
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ELSS Tax Saving Funds V/s Open ended Funds
The steep fall in the market in 2008 has taken its toll on the diversified and ELSS (equity linked saving scheme) mutual fund schemes. Average one-year declines for both categories were above 50 per cent. However, ELSS schemes have tended … Continue reading
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Mutual Funds Target Retail Investors
Capital market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has asked the mutual fund (MF) industry to aggressively market debt schemes to retail investors. In addition, fund houses have also been advised to focus on rural markets, as the … Continue reading
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Choose between FMPs & FDs
In the last few months, both fixed maturity plans (FMPs) and fixed deposits (FDs) have been competing for investors’ attention. Mutual funds have come out with advertisements where they talk about the advantages of investing in FMPs, which include lower … Continue reading
Is Stopping your regular investment plan Advisable?
Selling shares or stopping SIPs is a common feature when markets are in a downturn. It can prove fatal for your wealth. As the global markets go through a financial crisis, a sense of panic has taken over the stock … Continue reading
The difference between Mutual Funds & ULIPs
There were some announcements recently by the Life Insurance Council, a lobbying body formed by life insurance companies. Broadly, these announcements appeared to say two things: that the terminology of unit-linked insurance plans (Ulips) would be made uniform and that … Continue reading
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