If you are a conservative investor, then bank fixed deposits must have been a preferred option for a long time. In the last few years, yields on bank FDs have been going down consistently. As a result, investors are increasingly looking at other opti

In a way, investing myths are perpetuated over the years; partly by history and partly by your conditioning. There are some popular myths that almost all traders and investors appear to be victims of. Let us look at 6 such popular myths about investi

Between May 6 and May 8, 2019 the Sensex lost nearly 1,200 points in a vertical fall. It was triggered by an exasperated Donald Trump tweet on his intent to raise tariffs on Chinese imports from 10 to 25. Global markets reacted in unison as nearly

An investor should know how to invest in direct mutual funds as these enable them to save on expenses that they would have had to pay otherwise. Mutual funds introduced direct plans for their schemes from January 2013, upon being nudged by the Securi

Browse through the NAVs of mutual funds either in the pink papers or the AMFI website and you will find that the same growth or dividend scheme of a mutual fund is subdivided into Regular plans and Direct Plans. Have you ever wondered what are these

In the pantheon of Hinduism, Lord Ganesha holds the unique distinction of being the “Prathama Pujaya”, meaning the first lord to be worshipped. Whatever be the occasion, any religious ceremony always begins with oblations to Lord Ganesha. In Indi

One of the standard question you will counter at any meeting with investors is “Where do you see the Sensex after 1 year”. You obviously cannot say that you don’t have any idea because that would put off the investor. So you end up giving an am

Mutual fund investments are, by default diversified. So they address the basic problem of concentration that you face in direct equity investments. However, selection of funds, monitoring and rebalancing still poses a major challenge to investors. He

Do you own blue chip stocks? You must have surely come across this question. Even if you do not know the origin of the usage “Blue Chip”, you must be aware that they represent the high quality stocks in the Indian share market. While there is no

There are a whole lot of investment mistakes we tend to commit inadvertently. The idea is not that you don’t understand these mistakes, but just that you tend to overlook the same. Here are few tips on how to invest in share market while avoidi

The big news in the last few weeks was the rapid rally in the price of gold. Gold prices are rallying; not only in the international markets, but even domestic prices of gold are gradually inching closer to Rs.40,000/10 grams. This is already a life-

The 73rd Independence Day on 15th August 2019 will be unique in a number of ways. This will be the first address by the prime minister in his second term. This Independence Day will also be unique because India will celebrate the day with the state o