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How We Select Top Equity Schemes

Here are some salient features of the Moneylife method of selecting top performing mutual fund schemes which we think is quite unique and what sets...

Smart Savers Team | 15 January 2013

Selling three of our medium term stock picks for excellent gains

Readers of KenSource stockletters (associate of Moneylife) have done rather well last year. Here are some of our top performers from our long-term...

Smart Savers Team | 15 January 2013

Using rolling returns to analyse fund performance

Most fund houses and even fund-rating agencies for that matter analyse returns of mutual fund schemes over a fixed 1-year, 3-year or 5-year period....

MAS Team | 14 January 2013

Insurance Essentials 1: Personal Accident is a must-have cover. Know all about it

Before you buy life or health insurance, please do read each article in the Insurance Essentials series. They are unbiased and unique. Insurance...

Raj Pradhan | 14 January 2013

James Montier’s 7 Laws of Stock Investing

There are very few original thinkers in stock markets. One of them is James Montier. His so called '7 immutable laws investing' have been widely read...

Smart Savers Team | 14 January 2013

SIP Vs. Lump Sum: The Vanguard View

Every financial planner and mutual fund company advocates Systematic Investment Plan. Millions of investors have followed it. And now, the Vanguard...

Smart Savers Team | 14 January 2013

Insurance Essentials 2: Travel Insurance is useful. But you should know how to get the best of it

Before you buy life or health insurance, please do read each article in the Insurance Essentials series. They are unbiased and unique. Insurance...

Raj Pradhan | 14 January 2013

Insurance Essentials 3: Should you surrender your life insurance policy? It may make a bad deal worse

Before you buy life or health insurance, please do read each article in the Insurance Essentials series. They are unbiased and unique. Insurance...

Raj Pradhan | 14 January 2013

Loans

If credit bureaus have garbage in their database, they will spew out garbage about you

Have you paid Rs130 to get credit information report and Rs470 to get a credit score? Sorry, but most likely you have some junk pieces of paper in...

Smart Savers Team | 14 January 2013

Direct Plans—Should you go for them?

Mutual fund schemes now offer a ‘direct plan’ through which investors can enjoy the benefits of reduced costs. What are the implications...

Jason Monteiro | 14 January 2013

Insurance Essentials 4: You can get ripped off by the staff of the insurance company! A Real life story involving Reliance Life

Before you buy life or health insurance, please do read each article in the Insurance Essentials series. They are unbiased and unique. Insurance...

Raj Pradhan | 14 January 2013

Insurance Essentials 5: How the New Ulips were no better than the old ones

From 1st September 2010, new Unit-linked Insurance Plans (ULIPs) made their appearance. Financial planners were all over the business channels and...

Raj Pradhan | 14 January 2013

Hugo Young’s 10 Golden Rules of Stock Investing

It always pays to listen to a successful person in a given field. One such investor is Hugh Young, a rising star in Europe. His 10 Rules of Stock...

Smart Savers Team | 14 January 2013

BEST LONG-TERM INVESTMENT?

STOCKS DO BETTER THAN BANK FIXED DEPOSITS EVEN FROM MARKET PEAKS

me | 18 December 2012

Small Cap Funds do far better in a market rally – again

It is perhaps well-established by now that when the market rallies, it is the small and medium companies that do well. How have they fared in 2012?

Smart Savers Team | 18 December 2012

Tax

80D – Preventive healthcare check-up

If you want to avail of a preventive health check-up, the government is giving you an incentive of tax deductions up to Rs5000. Find out how you can...

Raj Pradhan | 04 December 2012