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Time to Get Active on Passive Funds?

Maulik Madhu

Globally, as a majority of the actively-managed funds have been underperforming their benchmark indices for a long time, investor money has been flowing into low-cost passive (or index) funds. In…Continue Reading

Should You Invest In Gold?

Arun Kumar

Wow or Oops! Let us look at the recent Gold ETF returns.. Wow! We need to invest in Gold ETF 🙂 But hang on. Let us rewind 1 year back..…Continue Reading

Thinking Fast and Thinking Slow about Indian Debt Mutual Funds

Arun Kumar

Thinking Fast and Thinking Slow 3 Simple Questions Here are three simple questions. Let us see how quickly you can answer these questions. You are a participant in a race.…Continue Reading

Franklin Templeton winds up 6 Credit Risk Oriented Debt Funds. What does this mean for you?

Arun Kumar

What happened? Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund has decided to wind up (read as permanently shut down) the following 6 schemes  and return the money back to investors albeit with a…Continue Reading

Why are my debt fund returns volatile these days?

Arun Kumar

Given the backdrop of frequent defaults and downgrades in several credit risk oriented funds over the last one year, it is natural to be concerned about the recent volatility in…Continue Reading

Should you wait till things settle down?

Arun Kumar

Given the recent sharp decline in equity markets, it is natural for us to extrapolate this trend to the near future. Add to it, the concerns regarding the safety of…Continue Reading

How to Invest in the Current Markets?

Arun Kumar

In our last article here, we had explained with simple maths, on how the potential future returns from equities at this juncture can be significantly high. Further, at the current…Continue Reading

Waiting for the Bottom?

Maulik Madhu

Stock markets world over are going through turbulent times. It’s hard to predict where the markets are headed in the coming days let alone in the next few weeks.  We…Continue Reading

My SIP Returns are dismal – What should I do?

Maulik Madhu

The last few weeks have been disheartening for equity market investors. Waiting for 5 long years only to see dismal returns from their equity SIPs is not what long-term investors…Continue Reading

What will happen to markets? Your maths teacher has the answer..

Arun Kumar

At a time when most of us are worried about our health and safety, the equity markets are not making it any easier for us. All of us are worried…Continue Reading