Investing in the mutual funds is one of the best options to gain the maximum returns for the capital invested in the market. It is a better way to make money. Mutual fund are for long term investment goals. In order to gain the benefits, the mutual funds investments have to be reviewed and tracked regularly. The performance of the mutual fund has to be seen in the right way. Considering...
Current financial situation of almost all the households is suffering owing to COVID-19 pandemic. The reason being layoffs, salary cut, fewer employment opportunities, business going into losses because of low consumption. Amid all this, students’ education is also at stand still as regular classes could not be conducted with the country under lockdown. As the lockdown has been...
Debt funds are basically mutual funds that are invested in fixed income securities like bonds, treasury bills, govt. securities, money market instruments. These bonds can be short term, medium term and long term. The maturity is for a fixed period. The returns are not that high as compared to equity, but they are linked to the market performance of the securities they are invested in. Debt...
Before jumping directly to understand what Arbitrage Funds are, let us first understand the basic meaning of “Arbitrage”. In simple words, arbitrage means buying in one market and selling in another market. For example, I buy a T-shirt in one market for say Rs. 700 and I sell that T-Shirt in another market where the demand is more at a price of Rs. 850. I have instantly made a profit of...
The finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman had announced that the deadline for investing in tax-saving instruments for the financial year 2019-20 has been pushed to 30th june 2020. The usual deadline was March 31. This move was taken as the entire country is in lockdown and it has been difficult to make last-minute tax investments. If you have already invested for FY...
Emergency Fund as the word itself says it is a fund which can be utilised in case of an emergency. Emergency can come anytime. You will not know in advance what unforeseen event is going to knock on your door. It could be a job loss or medical emergency with any family member or yourself. In the worst case it could be an unexpected demise of an earning member in the family. The interesting...
Investment is indeed a very good option to begin with managing your finances and to put the money at work for you. The investments are not just to grow your money but they are also a way to secure the future of yourself and your loved ones. It leads to the ownership of various assets and can also get you a high amount of returns on the investment capital. Before you begin with the...
Retirement planning is absolutely necessary so that you have a corpus at hand when you retire and need funds to meet your lifestyle expenses. As you plan for your retirement you have to factor in many questions like, how will you streamline your debt? Or how will you arrange for your medical bills? Or probably other aspects like estate planning. As individuals, we want a comfortable and...
After our last blog on Importance of continuing SIPs amid Covid 19, we have received some queries on SIPs and most of the concerns were actually turned out to be myths. So we have decided to debunk those myths in today’s post. After our last blog on Importance of continuing SIPs amid Covid 19, we have received some queries on SIPs and most of the concerns were actually turned out to be...