Your emergency fund is not a use and forget fund

Over the past 20 years or so, we have seen that the top equity mutual funds have consistently done better than the market benchmarks. Better managed diversified equity funds have delivered an annualised return that is about 3-4% better than the Nifty. This gets reflected in the return delivered by Scripbox portfolio recommendations.

Before we start, let’s consider what is an investment? A definition that I find useful is that an investment is buying something that you will one day sell to pay for expenses.

This is a frequently asked question by most investors.

We summarize the income tax changes announced during Budget 2018 which are effective from April 1, 2018 for individual taxpayers.

We are the first mutual fund investment service with an algorithm that helps you reduce long term capital gains tax (LTCG) at the time of withdrawal.

Although the Scripbox debt fund portfolio has underperformed in last 1 year, its returns for 2 year and 3 year has been higher than the term deposit rates.

It depends on how long you stayed invested and whether you have invested in equity mutual funds or debt mutual funds.

A lot of you have been writing to us to seek explanations for the various emails investors have been flooded with over the last few days.

Mutual fund companies are making some changes to their funds. Here's what you need to know about it.

It is better for you to withdraw the amount you need from a growth plan of an equity fund rather than opting for a dividend plan because you pay (much) lower taxes.