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Savings

Why Mutual Funds are better than Savings/Deposits !!

All readers would be very familiar with the term Mutual Funds, and most of us have also invested our savings in various Mutual Fund Schemes. During interaction with many of my friends I got a feeling that most of them had a very vague understanding of how Mutual Funds work. Understanding Mutual Funds is important […]

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Debt Equity Investment

Mutual Funds, Shares, and Derivatives- What is Common, and What is Different.

Whenever, we talk of investments, the most common instruments which come to mind are Mutual Funds, Shares or Derivatives (Options and Futures). Despite all having the same underlying asset, ie Shares, all the three sub classes are unique in their characteristics. And therefore they demand different treatment. It is a great folly when we tend […]

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Equity Investment

Mutual Funds-Should You Redeem/Stay/Stop/ Continue SIP

In the prevailing scenario, all those invested in Equity Mutual Funds are deliberating on their future course of action. One is in a dilemma over continuation of Mutual Fund SIP and what to do with existing investments. The major decision options being as under: – (a) Stop Mutual Fund SIP and Redeem existing investment. (b) […]

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Equity

25 Types of Equity-Oriented Mutual Funds. Which One Suits You ?

When one thinks of investing into Mutual Funds, he encounters a wide spectrum of choices. Equity Funds are an important element as part of the overall asset diversification. Each type of Equity Fund has a peculiar composition of its underlying assets and therefore it is important to pick the right type as per individual investment […]

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Investment Savings

Gold- Is it a Good Investment Option !

The previous one yr gains from gold are over 40% and therefor quite impressive. This forces us to think if Gold is a good investment option. the historical returns from Gold over longer periods is much below returns from Equity. While personally I am not a big fan of Gold, it certainly forms part of […]