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Using FundsIndia
FundsIndia is a very flexible investment platform. It is built in such a way that it is very easy to use for beginning investors. However, it also has powerful features for advanced investors to use and enhance their investment methods. It is a unique investment platform that has been built from the ground up for prudent investment process for regular investors. In the articles in this section, we will walk through some of the regular and interesting aspects of FundsIndia.
About Planning and Investing
Saving money is good, investing money is better, and investing money with a plan in place is the best. In this section, we will look at the basics of financial planning for the future, how to design an investment plan using various asset types that are available for investments, and how to monitor the investments. While this is a very vast topic, we will try to introduce some of the basic concepts in this section to get you going in this direction.
About Mutual fund investing
Mutual funds are a great way for a retail investor to participate in the capital markets (both debt and equity). They offer the benefit of expert management, diversification, and low cost to investors. In this section, we will look at the basics of mutual funds - what they are, the different categories, the costs involved, how to choose them, how to invest in them etc. We will also look at the risks involved in investing in these instruments.
About corporate deposits
Deposits are perennial favorite investment vehicle of investors in our country. This product guarantees an interest rate for a certain tenure. The simplicity of the product and the guarantee it offers makes it a very useful investment vehicle in every investor's portfolio. Corporate deposits offer the potential of higher returns alongside a slightly higher risk when compared to bank deposits. In this section we will look at FundsIndia's corporate deposit platform and how to use it.
About equity market investing
Equity investing is direct stock market investing. Mutual fund investing is an indirect way to invest in the markets. Sometimes, we want the control to invest in specific stocks for the long term. In this section, we will look at the basis of equity market investing, how to use FundsIndia's platform for the same, and also cover some of the risk elements in equity market investing. We will also look at a specific type of equities called ETFs and look at the benefits of investing using them.
About NPS
Government of India opened up the National Pension System (NPS) to all subscribers in the year 2009. NPS is a very good, low-cost investment product for long-term retirement savings. FundsIndia was the first platform in the country to make this useful product available online to customers. In this section, we will see how to open an NPS account in FundsIndia, and how to manage it.