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Index Funds: A Simple Route to Market-Linked Investing

Index funds are among the simplest ways to participate in market growth they replicate benchmark indices, reduce costs, and eliminate the need for stock-picking expertise. For investors seeking disciplined, low-cost, and transparent exposure to the markets, index funds can be a foundational component of a long-term investment strategy.

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How Many Mutual Funds Should You Hold? Avoid Duplication & Over-Diversification

Owning more mutual funds doesn’t mean more safety. The key to smart investing is holding just enough funds — each with a purpose tied to your financial goals.

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Savings Account vs Mutual Fund: Understanding the Real Difference

Saving and investing aren’t interchangeable one keeps your money safe, the other helps it grow. Understanding the difference is the first step toward financial clarity.

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How Can NRIs Invest in Mutual Funds in India?

Mutual funds are one of the simplest and most efficient ways for NRIs to invest in India’s growth story. Here’s a complete guide to help you start, from account setup to taxation.

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Top Mutual Funds 2025: Why Chasing Returns Doesn’t Build Wealth

Each year, investors search for the “best mutual funds to invest in,” hoping to replicate past success. Yet, data shows that chasing last year’s winners rarely leads to wealth creation. True success lies in discipline, patience, and following a process, not prediction.

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All About Direct Mutual Funds: Cost Saving or Goal Achievement?

Direct mutual funds promise cost savings, but investing isn’t just about expenses. Here’s how to know when going direct truly supports your long-term goals.

Understanding Debt and Equity Funds: Key Differences and Benefits

Investors can choose from different types of mutual funds depending on factors like investment time horizon, return expectation, lock-in period, taxation, risk involved, etc. You can look at equity funds for growth and debt funds for stability. In this article, we will understand what are equity funds and debt funds, the difference between equity and debt mutual funds, and things to consider before choosing these funds.

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ETFs Versus Index Funds: What Are the Differences, and Which One Should You Choose?

In the last few years, there has been a rise in passive investing due to factors like diversification, low costs, wide availability and choice of passive funds, ease of investing, etc. When it comes to passive investing, there are two ways of doing it. Exchange traded funds (ETFs) and index funds. In this article, we will understand what are ETFs and index funds, the differences, and which one you should choose.

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Fund Houses Are Launching NFOs: Are They Different From IPOs? Should Investors Invest in NFOs?

When stock markets are near or at all-time highs, along with IPOs from companies, you see a rush of NFOs from mutual fund houses. In May 2024, the HDFC Manufacturing Fund NFO raised a huge Rs. 9,563 crores.

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Should You Shift Every Year to Last Year’s Best-Performing Mutual Fund Schemes?

At the start of every calendar/financial year, most media houses, investment firms, etc., come out with the list of best-performing mutual funds in the year gone by. The list is presented in the order of returns. Some investors compare the returns of last year's best-performing mutual fund schemes to the schemes in their portfolio.

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Where Should You Invest if the BJP Government Comes to Power?

In the State Assembly elections concluded in November 2023, the BJP got a decisive majority in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. The party retained Madhya Pradesh while it wrested Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan from the Congress party.

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Nominee vs Legal Heir: Who Has the Right to Your Mutual Funds?

SEBI has taken the important initiative of making people choose nomination for their mutual fund investments. Investors must either provide nomination details in the specified format or opt out of it with a prescribed declaration form. For existing assets, the deadline for nomination or opting out of it is 30th June 2024, post which the mutual fund folios will be frozen for debits.