Get tax benefit from mutual funds! Here's how

Taxing times are here again. For most of us, this would mean parking more money in PPF or NSC to earn tepid returns, just to claim the tax break. This year, if you are looking to save tax and earn......

Balanced funds can work wonders for first time investors

With returns of over 45 per cent in the last one year, balanced funds as a category have beaten large-cap funds that have clocked gains of about 43 per cent.   Retail investors are......

Don't get lured by MF schemes' dividends

When Vidhyut Sampath asked his mutual fund distributor for schemes in which he can invest, he was advised two equity-linked savings schemes. When he asked the reason, the agent said these would......

A golden year for Indian MF investors

The calendar year 2005 has turned out to be the golden year for the Indian mutual fund investors. The 99 mutual funds schemes have paid hard cash to their investors in the form of dividends against......