Portfolio Rebalancing is a strategy of realigning the securities weights in a portfolio to maintain the target asset allocation and risk profile. It involves selling a few investments and buying to increase investment in existing securities or adding funds to...

Investments carry risks, the higher the risk the higher the returns and returns are subject to capital gain tax. Indexation here plays a vital role. Indexation helps in lowering down the comprehensive tax liability by regulating the purchase price of...

What is Systematic Transfer Plan (STP)? Systematic Transfer Plan (STP) is a mutual fund plan through which an investor transfers a fixed amount. It is transferred from one mutual fund i.e source scheme to another mutual fund i.e. target scheme....

What is AMFI? AMFI, The Association of Mutual Funds in India, a non-profit government organization. SEBI regulates it primarily. Further, it dedicates itself to maintaining a Mutual Fund industry that is run across ethical lines.  It maintains a high level...

Income funds attempt to generate consistent and regular returns for an investor by investing in government securities, debt instruments, high dividend generating stocks. What is an Income Fund? Income funds belong to the category of debt mutual funds that focuses...

What is Hedging? Hedging is an investment strategy to protect profits or limit losses of one asset by buying or selling another asset. In other words, it is when investors protect their investments from future price movements.  It is a...

Debt funds are a great investment opportunity if you know what to look for and what kind of debt funds to invest in. Debts funds are seen as favourable investment options because they attempt to deliver stable and low-risk returns that are better than other comparable options like fixed deposits.

What is ULIP? ULIP Full Form is a Unit linked insurance plan which is a mix of investment and insurance cover. The financial goal is to offer wealth creation and life insurance cover through investing a portion of the premium...