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Tamil Nadu Power Finance Fixed Deposits: Are you aware of risks?

When bank fixed deposits decreases, as usual, senior citizens ignore credit risk and chase after “high return corporate FDs”. The latest craze, Tamil Nadu Power Finance Fixed Deposit...



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Only these 3 midcap mutual funds have beat Nifty Next 50 consistently!

In this report, we evaluate how actively managed midcap mutual funds have fared against the Nifty Next 50 Total Returns Index. Only three midcap mutual funds have beat Nifty Next 50 consistently over...



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Edelweiss Mid Cap Fund Review: do not ignore past changes to a fund!

This is a review of Edelweiss Mid Cap Fund that hopefully serves to illustrate why investors should not ignore past changes to a fund and need to study past fund factsheets and not go by current star...



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Want to build an equity mutual fund portfolio? Try these simple steps!

Build an equity mutual fund portfolio with these simple steps explained by SEBI Registered Investment Advisor Swapnil Kendhe. Swapnil earlier discussed equity portfolio construction for retail...



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How indexation benefit lowers tax on debt, gold & international mutual funds

According to the income tax rules, the gain from each unit of a non-equity mutual fund that is older than three years is subject to 20% taxation with indexation benefit using the cost inflation...



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Investing in mutual funds for beginners: Basic MF questions answered

This is a mutual fund guide for first-time investors to start investing in the right way. It is designed in an easy-to-understand question and answer format. We believe that new investors in mutual...



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Ten lesser-known facts about PPF accounts!

Here are ten lesser-known facts about PPF accounts concerning maturity, premature closure and nomination. About the author: Shri R Vijayaraghavan is a Senior Banker retired from Indian Overseas Bank....



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A tool for tactical buying and selling using moving averages

We are happy to release a new market timing tool with which you can convert daily price data to monthly data and compute moving averages for equity (indices, stocks and mutual funds), gold and gilt...



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Want mutual funds with lower risk & higher return? Try this easy method!

Do you want mutual funds that have got a higher return than a benchmark at lower risk? Then here is an easy way to spot them! In order to do this, let us first define “return”. This is...



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Health insurance claims indisputable after 8Y: not a new IRDAI rule!

Many media reports are doing the rounds that IRDAI has issued a new rule in a circular on 11th June 2020 that health insurers cannot question (unless there is fraud) a claim made after holding a...



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