Our ex-PM, Sh Atal Bihari Vajpayee had once quoted “You can change History, but not Geography”. It’s your luck what kind of neighbors you get. Unfortunately, our northwest border has always been under fear of aggression by our neighbor, whom we gave birth in 1947. The shadows of war or a limited attack are againRead More
Mutual Funds
Conversation between PPF and ELSS – A Comparison
Products never speak for themselves otherwise, Maggie would have been first one to speak and claim innocence (or accept what humans did to her). But this is an attempt to learn, evaluate and find the Comparison between ELSS & PPF. So if PPF and ELSS were to speak for themselves and met on my website forRead More
Do Children Plans from Mutual Funds Makes Sense
I have been following Mutual Industry for past 15 years and I have always found that whatever the market/sentiments/economic condition, they find ways to make investor invest. Sometimes they are original ideas but mainly, they copy. Recent one is – CHILDREN PLANS. These are also called Children Targeted Funds or Child Growth Funds. The concept of Children Funds has come from insurance industry but they don’t realize that over time, in insurance also the concept has fewer takers as people have become aware that policies in name of children are just marketing gimmicksRead More
Exchange Traded Funds [infographic]
I have previously written about Exchange Traded Funds in India but then I stumbled across a beautiful infographic from on the same. I must admit I am addicted to infographics – they are a beautiful way to represent what is in your mind. Best of all, you have to write less and make it moreRead More
Invest your money in debt mutual funds now
So you thought debt mutual funds were safe ? One always gets to hear about bloodbath in the stock market when the Sensex tanks. Investors lose their shirts in seconds, rarely do you hear about losing money in debt funds. This changed on July 16th. Banking System The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) decided toRead More
List of RGESS eligible mutual funds
Now that RGESS eligible mutual funds are hitting the market, what should you do with all the options that you have – which ones should you choose and which ones should you avoid ? The temptation to put in money must be huge given the fact that it is being sold as a tax savingRead More