Available ELSS Options and ELSS Plans for investors

Equity Link Savings Scheme is a kind of equity mutual fund that qualifies for tax exemption under section 80C of Income Tax. This post discusses various ELSS options that investors have for investing.

  • ELSS has the lock-in period of 3 years which is lowest among other options available like PPF or tax saving fixed deposit or national saving certificate.
  • The returns in ELSS is comparatively higher as compared to other tax

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Best Balanced Mutual Funds for SIP to Invest in India 2017

Risk is the main quotient in Investment World. A favorable risk-reward balance attracts most of the investment from the public. As investing in large cap, Midcap, small cap, multi-cap has different degrees of risk involved in it, people tend to give a second thought before investing. Investing in Balanced funds reduces the risk of downside to the fund to some extent as it has a good composition of Fixed income securities and equity. The fund’s

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Best Diversified mutual funds to invest in 2017

Diversification of a portfolio is a method of minimising losses and increasing prospect for future growth. Diversified equity Mutual Fund is also of same nature (Less volatility than Mid cap and small cap funds and High Return). It invests across companies, sector of different market capitalisation. Investing in the large cap is considered to be a low-risk and high return investment as it invests in the proven business model and good companies whereas investing in

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Atal Pension Yojana Scheme : APY Calculator, APY Chart

Atal Pension Yojana(APY)

ATAL PENSION YOJANA (APY) is a scheme provided by Indian government to help the weaker section (unorganised section) to enjoy the retirement benefits and pension schemes. It’s always very difficult for the weaker section to meet their needs and thus to help the weaker section to save and help to sustain during their retirement age, the government introduced APY scheme with lower contribution rate and better return. This post provides an overview of

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Best Small cap and Mid Cap Mutual Funds to invest for SIP in 2017

Small cap and Mid cap funds are known for their good stead of returns over a long term period. The real value unlocking happens in the small and mid-cap sector. It involves risk and patience for the fund to grow as against large cap which is known for their less risk and growth strategy. As the economy and companies grow over time, a well-managed small company with strong business model converts itself into a big

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Debt Fund vs Fixed Deposit : Which is better?

Debt fund vs Fixed Deposit

There is always a dilemma when you have surplus money. Whether to invest a lump-sum amount in bank fixed deposit or to some other instrument that gives more return than FD with the same amount of risk. This post will cover Debt Fund vs Fixed deposit in detail and hopefully, help you understand caveats of the same.

In India, fixed deposits are considered

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Best Large Cap Mutual Funds to invest in SIP – 2017

Investing in markets through mutual funds is best way to get in. They offer the scale, experience  and professionalism in managing the portfolio. To begin with, we will discuss about the best large cap mutual funds a investor can choose to start with.

Large cap funds invest in stocks of the companies of large market capitalization. Large cap funds are known for stable returns and ability to minimise the downside risk during volatile market conditions. Here

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RGESS: Rajiv Gandhi Equity Saving Scheme:

RGESS is an acronym for Rajiv Gandhi Equity saving scheme. RGESS is a tax saving scheme started by the government of India in 2012. A key aim of the scheme was to provide incentives to first-time investors in capital markets. The scheme as such provides tax incentives for first-time investments in capital markets.

Eligibility for investing in RGESS

Below are the key eligibility criteria for investing in RGESS

  1. You should be an Indian resident
  2. Your annual income should not

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Mutual fund vs ETF: Performance, pros and cons, how to invest

Mutual funds vs ETFs is a debate going all over the world especially in the United States. In this post, we have a look at mutual fund vs etf performance, performance and how to chose one over the other.

In last few years actively managed mutual funds have not been able to outperform passive index funds. This has called into question high fee mutual funds charge. Current mutual fund fee in United states is about 1

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