I would like to know what is the biggest financial concern of a person in India ? – How will I buy a home ? – How will I provide the best education to my children and a good lifestyle to them ? – How will i save enough for my retirement ? – If […]

I would like to invest some money into Indian mutual funds via the SIP route directly with the mutual fund companies (prefer not to go through distributer or broker or agents). I am an NRI and would like to be able to do & view the transactions online. Also, I would like to setup the […]

Hi, I am 26 years old,i am average risk taker,currently insted in HDFC Tax saver  2k,PPF 2K, and EPF contribution is 2K,and now I am planning to start invest 8k through SIP in below funds HDFC Top 200                2K Large & Mid CapReliance Growth             2KMid & Small CapDSPBR Top 100              2K Large Cap How the […]

Last year in August the SEBI had banned the Entry Loads on MF Schemes which had resulted in the big Chaos among the Mutual Fund House / Fund Managers. And MF schemes had turned into Sellers in the Booming Stock Markets since last year due to Outflow from there MF Schemes consistenly. Its like Equity MF had left […]

I am looking for a portfolio tracker (even paid is ok) that will automatically track my portfolio based on my folio numbers (not manually enter SIPs). Further, I should be able to enter things like FDs and it should give me an accurate picture of my allocation, CAGR, income tax gain/loss (short term & long […]

I am planning to park some lumpsum amount till the market cools off a little and comes to a reasonable level. I am looking for mainly a period of max 1 year with mimimal tax on the gain. Any debt/liquid/FD suggestion? Would prefer to have least tax implication 🙂 Thanks

Do you think investments make money/profit?

Hello All, My father has reached retirement age and he worked for private small firm all of his life. He will not get any pension from the firm. I wish to plan some method (by investing amt) by that giving them a steady income of Rs. 10,000 per month.  Suggestions for optimized way of doing […]

Hi, Can we have a part of our emergency fund in short term debt funds (like Templeton India short term income) since they have higher liquidity?  I know the performance is based on interest rates but would like to hear experts’ opinion on it.

I would like to know about the classification about midcap, large cap and diversified portfolios.Kindly explain in layman terms how the classification is done and what should the investor look in for while investing. Is it not sufficient to just look at the performance of the fund  and invest in it, why should we bother […]