Indian Mutual Fund Industry has come a long way since its introduction in 1963. From a single asset management company enjoying a total monopoly of the sector to a range of diversified products being offered by both domestic and global companies. With time, the domestic MFI have innovated themselves to suit the most modern needs of the investor. One such reform happened in mutual fund sector in 2013 was the introduction of Direct Plan by SEBI.
What is SIP ? How it works
The introduction of Systematic Investment Plan (SIP) in the mutual fund is regarded as one the major breakthrough in the sector. It has helped to attract a new class of investors in the sector who were not comfortable to invest a lump sum at a time. SIP in mutual fund first was launched on December 4, 2010, through BSE Star MF platform. Today, it has around 1.52 crore active SIP accounts that have contributed Rs 43,921
Mutual Funds Taxation
Taxes has always raised eyebrows of peoples and are more concerned about reducing its impact. Taxation on investment reduces the net impact of return on investment. This post discusses mutual funds taxation in detail with focus on Equity Funds Taxation, Debt Funds Taxation, SIP Taxation, Balanced Funds Taxation, Index Funds Taxation , Mutual Fund Dividend Treatment/Taxation and ELSS Taxation.
Unlike interest from Fixed deposit which is taxed according to the income tax slab of the depositor,
Birla Sunlife Mutual Fund Factsheet
Birla Sunlife Mutual Fund is one of the premier fund houses in the country. It was established in 1994 as a joint venture between Aditya Birla group and Sunlife Financial Inc of Canada. Birla Sunlife Mutual Fund factsheet is the monthly scorecard of all the mutual fund schemes run by Aditya Birla Sunlife Mutual Fund. Before we get into the details of factsheet for Birla mutual fund. lets have an introduction to Birla Sunlife
Balanced fund vs Equity Fund: Review, Differences, Comparison
Balanced fund vs equity fund reviews the difference, similarities, advantages and dis-advantages of both types of funds.
Balanced Funds
Balanced Funds are the category of mutual funds which invests in a mix of stocks and bonds. The fund is also known as the hybrid fund. The fund is designed to provide investors with modest capital appreciation and provide safety from volatility.
The fund is divided into two categories, one is equity oriented and another one is debt oriented(actually
ETF vs Mutual Funds: Review, Difference, Performance
ETF vs Mutual Fund is one of the top question in every investor’s mind. We review the difference, performance and investment methodology of both in this blog post.
Mutual funds and ETFs are very different products but there are similarities with mutual funds. But lately, ETFs are grabbing attentions from mutual fund investors due to its many unique features like can be traded like a common stock, very low fees and other useful applications of the
Short Term Debt Fund vs Long Term Debt Fund : Review, Returns
Debt Mutual Funds
As the name suggest, Debt Mutual Funds invest in different categories of debt securities like Government Bonds, Corporate Bond, Money Market Securities, Treasury Bills of different maturity date and have fixed interest payment. Debt Mutual Funds are categorized into various types like Dynamic Bond Fund, Short Term Debt Fund, GILT Funds etc. Every Debt Mutual Fund carries a credit risk rating assigned by external rating agencies, which indicates the creditworthiness of the borrowers.
Pro Stocks: Demat and Trading Account Opening Review, Brokerage Charges
Pro Stocks is a discount broker offering Demat and Trading Account. This post is about Pro Stocks Review, Pro Stocks brokerage and Pro Stocks account opening Charges.
About Pro Stocks
Prostocks, is a venture of Sunlight Broking LLP founded on Feb 2016 by S P Toshniwal and Saurabh Ranka. It is an online Discount broking company. It offers its customer to
Upstox(RKSV): Demat and trading Account Opening, Reviews, Brokerage Charges
Upstox is a discount Broker. In this post, we will discuss Demat and Trading Account opening Charges, Reviews and Brokerage Charges while opening an account with Upstox.
RKSV Securities known as Upstox is discount broking company and is very much different from full-service broking company. It is established in 2011, with an objective
Short Term Debt Funds meaning, methodology, returns, risk
This post discusses what are Short Term Debt Funds, meaning, performance, returns and taxation of Short Term Debt Funds
What are Short term Debt Funds
A short-term debt fund provides an opportunity to those investors looking for investment option for 1-3 yrs time period with a return more than a traditional fixed deposit with moderately low risk than any long-term debt funds. Short term debt funds invest in money market securities and bond securities which provide investment