NPS for Government Employees   Research   Desk |  Jun 19, 2013
State Government employees do not have the active choice when investing for retirement in the National Pension Schemes...

Different rating for Institutional and Regular plan of a fund   Research   Desk |  Jun 18, 2013
Two plans of a fund scheme can have different star-rating due to variation in their expense ratio...

Mismatch in debt fund dividends   Research   Desk |  Jun 17, 2013
The dividend that you get from any debt fund is after deduction of Dividend Distribution Tax, which would always be less than the announced gains...

Fund NAV doesn't rise with SIP investments   Research   Desk |  Jun 14, 2013
NAV of a fund changes only when there is a change in the value of the underlying assets..

How Gilt Funds Earn   Research   Desk |  Jun 13, 2013
As interest rates change, the value of the securities in which a scheme has invested fluctuates as well...

Investing in Direct plan through broker?   Research   Desk |  Jun 12, 2013
Brokers get commission from AMCs for their services. For the same reason they do not provide direct plans...

Still Investing in Gold?   Research   Desk |  Jun 11, 2013
Over the past decade gold has had a golden run, but nothing similar is going to happen again...

Fund schemes' merger and taxation   Research   Desk |  Jun 10, 2013
When you redeem units from a surviving fund scheme, you pay the applicable capital gains tax and STT...

Risk and Volatility Measures   Research   Desk |  Jun 07, 2013
The Risk and Volatility measure show the risks associated with the compared funds through statistics like Standard Deviation and Sharpe Ratio...

'Unrated' Fund Schemes   Research   Desk |  Jun 07, 2013
The newly launched Direct plans, though unrated, are expected to perform better than existing schemes...

Lower NAV in Direct Plan of a Scheme   Research   Desk |  Jun 05, 2013
The NAV of direct plan of a scheme could be lower than its regular plan’s NAV because of accounting error...

The Right Fund   Research   Desk |  Jun 04, 2013
Plan and build a portfolio with funds that have a track record and history and analyse its performance regularly...

Investing in Bond Funds   Research   Desk |  Jun 03, 2013
The fluctuating prices of bonds can be used to enhance your portfolio's returns by investing in debt funds...

Different plans and options in funds   Research   Desk |  Jun 03, 2013
Funds offer Regular and Direct plans under which one can invest in the growth, dividend or dividend-reinvestment option...

Investing in Index Funds   Research   Desk |  May 30, 2013
Index funds can be a good option for investors who want to invest in equities but want to minimise the associated risk...