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Finding a Safe Equity Fund is same as Finding a Lion that eats grass
Ever seen a lion eating grass? No, right? No lion eats grass. Similarly, there are no equity funds that are NOT volatile (risky). All equity investments are volatile. That is the nature of equity...
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ETFs vs. Index Funds: Which is better?
Exchanged Traded Funds (ETFs) and index funds are low-cost ways to build a diversified equity portfolio. Both are passive investments. Both try to replicate (and not beat) the performance of a...
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Gold ETFs Vs Sovereign Gold Bonds
Which is the best way of investing in gold? Physical gold, Jewellery, gold ETFs, mutual funds, or Sovereign gold bonds? Let us leave out physical gold and jewellery in this post and focus on financial...
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Got surplus? Would you Prepay or Invest? What does the data tell us?
You just received your annual bonus. You also run a home loan. You have 2 options. Use the bonus (or any lump sum) amount to repay the loan. OR Invest the amount and potentially earn better...
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How do you build a portfolio for retirement and other long-term goals? It is a multi-step process. Decide the Asset Allocation for your long-term portfolio.Decide the sub-allocation within the asset...
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HDFC Nifty 50 Equal Weight Index Fund: Review: Should you invest?
HDFC Mutual Fund has launched HDFC Nifty 50 Equal Weight Index Fund. The fund is currently under NFO stage and will soon be available for ongoing subscriptions. Should you invest in HDFC Nifty 50...
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Nifty 50 Value 20 (NV20) Index: Review: Should you invest?
Always good to receive positive feedback from regular readers. Such feedback makes all the writing effort worthwhile. One such reader, Kshitij, wrote an encouraging email from Ludhiana along with an...
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Nifty Next 50 index: Large cap or Midcap fund?
Is Nifty Next 50 index a large cap or a midcap index? Going by SEBI classification where top 100 stocks by market capitalization are considered large cap stocks, Nifty Next 50 is a large cap index....
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Invest in midcap stocks? Do quality midcap stocks do well?
Do you invest in midcap stocks or midcap funds? Which type of midcap stocks do well? While you want to invest in midcap stocks, you believe there is a lot of junk in midcap stocks and want to avoid...
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Which is the Best International Equity Mutual Fund in India?
We have seen that adding international (foreign) equity to the portfolio adds value. Why? A simple explanation is that such foreign stocks won’t be affected by ups and downs of the Indian economy or...
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