You must have heard this line in all mutual fund advertisements. “Mutual fund investments are subject to market risks, read all scheme related documents carefully.” Then you may wonder why you should invest in mutual funds. The reason you are investing in mutual funds is because they invest in diversified portfolio of shares and securities. […]

How to choose a mutual fund? This can get tricky when you have to choose from over 11,000 schemes, which are not similar in nature. Some mutual fund schemes invest more in equity, some in debt, some in large cap stocks, some in mid-cap and small-cap stocks, some in specific sectors or themes. In this […]

Why does one invest in Mutual Funds? It enables you to invest in diversified portfolio of stocks and thus protect your portfolio from ups and downs in the markets. Large-cap mutual funds stand true to this definition. These funds generally invest large amount of their asset under management (AUM) in some of the biggest companies, […]

Investors are often advised to keep their contingency cash in liquid funds. Contingency cash primarily comes in handy during financial emergencies such as hospitalisation. Liquid funds have an edge over short-term fixed deposits as the former give better returns to investors. It is also tax-friendly for investors to keep their cash in liquid funds as […]

Every time the stock market falls, market gurus suggest, it’s a good time to buy stocks. But the possibility of a further drop in the markets, makes us wait for the best time to enter the market. Then the Sensex and Nifty goes up and we just keep staring at the bus, we missed. Once […]