Tax planning will help you pay less income tax. Something everyone wants. But smart tax planning will help you boost your portfolio.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
ELSS, or tax savings funds, are diversified equity funds that offer a benefit under Section 80C. Here's how to make sure you invest smartly.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Majority of equity linked savings schemes as well as mid and small-cap funds outperformed their respective benchmark indices over a five-year period ended December 2015.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
NSC scores high on all three parameters that conservative investors are seeking -- safety, tax-adjusted returns and liquidity.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Omkeshwar Singh, head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
The assets under management of the 44-players mutual fund industry stood at Rs 24.55 lakh crore in May-end from Rs 23.93 lakh crore in April-end.
If your fund's expense ratio has risen dramatically after Sebi's recent changes, compare it with the category average before switching.
Many people like words like wealth creation, equity, SIP, etc. It does not mean they understand the whole process is not so difficult. Neither is it so easy. Here are some mistakes people make with their investments
Salaried employees get several benefits under Sections 80C, 80D, 80G and others.
Mahavir Chopra compares mutual funds and Ulips to help investors decide.
Investments and expenses under section 80 C allows various tax benefits, says Harjot Singh Narula
Anil Rego, CEO, Right Horizons, answers your personal income tax queries.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
A combination of ELSS or PPF with a term plan offers better coverage and returns
Infra projects are enormous cash guzzlers and funding such low-return projects might unwittingly pull down the overall growth rates.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
MFs continue to find it difficult to attract and retain long-term money from investors
Here's what you must know about filing your tax returns.
While it is suggested that withdrawals and loans against long-term instruments are not the wisest steps, if you really need to do so, here are a few options. . .
Last year ended on a positive note in terms of investment in the domestic equity mutual funds; thanks to a rise in the equity markets during the month of December.
In a chat on rediff.com, Feroze Azeez offered valuable tips.
For someone looking at equities, you have to deal with downsides as much as with upsides. Be it ELSS (equity-linked saving schemes) or diversified equity mutual funds, both are higher risk instruments.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
I would advise at least a 7 year investment time frame for Equity Investing
Wondering if mutual fund investments can help you make you enough money for your retirement and child's marriage? Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Pension plans by mutual funds have a three-year lock-in like ELSS.
Equity-linked savings scheme, PPF and Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana are recommended instruments.
ELSS is a great instrument for tax planning which also ensures good returns. But investment should be carefully planned.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Here is what mutual fund expert Anil Rego has to say about bonus, entry and exit loads and investing in mutual funds.
InvestmentYogi tells you the investment avenues to maximise tax benefits available under Sec 80C & 80D.
With less than 6 months left for the close of the financial year, smart investors would have commenced their annual tax planning. Tax-saving funds (also referred to as equity linked savings schemes -- ELSS) are popular avenues among risk-taking investors. Apart from providing benefits under Section 80C (investments in tax-saving funds are eligible for deduction from gross total income), tax-saving funds offer investor opportunity to invest as per their risk appetite.
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