A Mutual Fund is a trust that pools the savings of a number of investors who share a common financial goal. The money thus collected is invested by the fund manager in different types of securities depending upon the objective of the scheme. These could range from shares to debentures to money market instruments. The

If taking high risks by investing huge amounts in shares and stocks and spending sleepless nights over the rise and fall of the sensex is not your cup of tea you’d rather take the mutual fund route. Wondering what mutual funds are all about? Mutual fund is one of the safer investment options available through

There are umpteen mutual fund advisors around and how would you know who is reliable? Wait a minute. To make things easier for you the Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and the Association of Mutual Funds of India (AMFI) have come out with a mandatory examination and certification system that aims at promoting best

Planning to buy or sell off mutual fund units and confused about the pricing or the NAV that will be applicable? Not to worry. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) keeping in mind consumer interest has come out with cut-off timings that can make things easier for you. Check out the following: If

The service tax issue looms large on the mutual fund industry. And who will have to finally pick up the tab? A solution to the same is yet to be worked out because the question of who is actually the beneficiary in this case � whether it is the asset management company or the investor

Who wouldn’t want to earn few bucks more through stock market investments but give a thought to the high risk it entails and one would have to think more than twice of taking the plunge. Fret not. If equities are your forte how about taking the mutual fund route? The ups and downs of the

What if you had coconuts, pepper, soya etc as investment options? Never heard before? Well times-are a changing and soon apart from the usual investments you make be it in a range of diversified mutual funds, debts, bonds or money market instruments, picking from a range of investment options in commodities, real estate, gold etc

You may have strived hard towards creating a substantial saving for your family making the most of each investment option available be it shares, mutual funds, bank deposits, bonds or insurance. But given a thought? What if God forbid something happened to you and your family is left clueless about who should receive how much

How about getting bonus without having to pay up any tax on it? Sounds interesting. Wondering whether it can be possible? Perhaps you have not heard of Bonus stripping. Bonus stripping is buying a financial asset like shares/mutual fund unit on which bonus is declared before the record date of declaration of bonus to the