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Is a Rs. 10 mutual fund better than a Rs. 100 fund?
A number of people think that the unit price of a mutual fund matters when they purchase; i.e. that a cheaper unit price is better. Why? They say that they ...
Stocks
Markets have crashed, where do we go from here?
The Sensex is now under 13,000, with the last three days accounting for a 1000 point drop. This is a 7% drop in three days; and with heavy volumes. Minor ...
General
Tax saving schemes: Wait till March 2007
The finance ministry is considered changing the tax benefits given to many tax saving schemes (Check: Personalfn,Economic Times and My Blog) Next year’s ...
Commentary
LinkFest #3:Gold, and Mutual funds
India has 0.4% of the Worlds mutual fund assets (Economic Times) With about 3.41 lakh crore in assets, India’s just about 0.4% of the world’s ...
Mutual Funds
Closed ended funds: Why they are popular suddenly, and why they are not really closed ended.
A lot of new fund offers are appearing as “Closed Ended” because of a notification that SEBI has introduced, saying that open ended equity funds ...
Mutual Funds
SBI One India Fund (NFO): Should you invest?
SBI MF has an new fund offer (NFO) called : SBI One India Fund. Issue Price: Rs. 10 Minimum: Rs. 5,000 per investor. SIP option: Not available Entry Load: Nil ...
Commentary
HDFC 1 year 15 day deposit at 8%
I’ve just noticed that HDFC’s Interest rates have changed recently. They offer 7% for a one year deposit, but a special rate applies for a deposit ...
Commentary
Your savings may be taxed next year
An Economic Times article states that some of the 80C deductions, those that helped you make 1 lakh of your income off the taxman’s list, may now be ...
Commentary
LinkFest #2: Keeping it Simple, NFOs, Gold.
The Simple Life (Dhirendra Kumar,Value Research Online) Investments are about simplicity; the simpler the concept, the better it is for investors. The author ...
Foundations