VPF is the voluntary contribution by employees towards their provident fund account over and above the 12% contribution towards EPF.
Gold plays an important role as a diversifier in a portfolio due to its less than perfect correlation with other…
You may avoid double taxation on your income by claiming tax relief if India has signed the Double Taxation Avoidance…
As of February 29, 2020; equities outperformed gold over the trailing 10-, 15- and 20-years, delivering annualised 10.39%, 13.89% and…
Regulations define specific structures / entities within mutual fund companies to safeguard investor monies from issues such as fraud, etc.
More units are bought when the market price of shares is low and lesser units are bought when the price…
Gold ETFs investors can exit only by selling to secondary market participants on the stock exchange.
Investment gains (in absolute terms) depend on the principal corpus invested and the returns delivered by the fund. Returns are…
Units are redeemed on a First-In-First-Out (FIFO) basis, i.e. the earliest units purchased would be considered for computing the capital…
The NAV of gold ETFs as disclosed by mutual funds in based on the prices of the underlying assets and…
Investors taking the F-o-F route (exit load of 0.1% for 30 days) would be able to redeem directly with the…
An SIP is a mode of investment enabling an investor to average out the cost of his investments across his…
An asset allocation-based approach is one of the key determinants of a portfolio’s performance
Most science fiction is not predictive. Yet it can still be a guide to the future
For portfolio construction, asset allocation-based approach should be followed.
For holding periods of more than one year in equity mutual funds, long-term capital gains tax at 10% (excluding cess)…
Continue your SIP as reducing it would deprive your portfolio of buying units at lower prices.
Short-term capital gains on units held for up to three years are added to investor’s income and taxed according to…
