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The ? 40s Plan is a good choice for investors with a low risk appetite. It maintains a 65 per cent allocation to debt, with the balance . Yet, it has managed a compounded annual return of about 9.5 per cent over a five-year period. The fund ...

Also Read: Importance of rebalancing investment portfolio Below is the verbatim transcript of Roongta's interview with CNBC-TV18. Q: A: The key is should one opt out. I do not think one should opt out because what employer's contribute, up to 12 ...

I am 35 years old, married, with two children, and have been investing regularly in mutual funds. From many fund Web sites and articles, I find that sector funds focused on FMCG, pharma and banking have done better than diversified equity funds. SBI ...

We did a research to find out whether date matter in SIPs. We took HDFC Top 200 as a sample fund. Assume one has been investing Rs 1000 per month for a period of 10 years (120 months) from 2003 to 2013 in different dates 1, 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25. We ...

Looking for a safe bet in the current volatile markets? fits the bill. The fund takes exposure to fundamentally strong companies with scope for good growth over time. It fulfils this objective by showing a preference for large-cap stocks (market ...

Mutual fund retail investors do not appear to be rushing to shift their investments in to direct plans to save on distribution costs, not yet at least. However, institutional investors, who predominantly park their investments in debt funds have ...

ABOUT THE EXPERT Dr.Renu Pothen Research Head, Fundsupermart.com India A PhD in Economics, Dr Renu Pothen's topic of research was 'Indian Stock Market: A Real Economy Perspective'. Her career was flagged off as an academic associate with the IIM, ...

MUMBAI: Even as the BSE Mid cap index has lost steam in the past few months, thanks to the recent carnage in select mid cap stocks, those invested in the mid cap mutual fund schemes have much more to cheer. Against over 5% decline in the S&P BSE Mid ...

I am 52 years old and I plan to retire at 60 years. I can start investing Rs.10,000 per month for these eight years. Where should I invest? —Salil You still have eight years to go for your retirement, and that is sufficient time to seek higher ...