Medicines for dogs from Elanco (above) and Bayer (below) are available in an animal shelter on the treatment table of a veterinarian.Frank Rumpenhorst | picture alliance | Getty ImagesCompany: Elanco Animal Health Inc. (ELAN)Business: Elanco is an…
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I am investing Rs 2,000 each in Nippon India Small Cap Fund, Invesco Contra Fund, HDFC Tax Saver Fund. All investments are in regular plan, growth option. I want to increase my monthly SIP to…
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Money market mutual funds, as the name suggests, invest mostly in money market instruments. As per Sebi norms, these schemes must invest in money market instruments with maturity of up to one year. Money market…
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Flight to safety – the phrase aptly describes the mood among debt mutual fund investors lately. Faced with a series of setbacks to debt mutual funds in the last two years – starting with IL&FS…
Why did your multi asset funds fail to…
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Are MNC funds a safe bet in the…
MNC Funds or mutual fund schemes that invest mostly in multinational companies are gaining currency these days. MNCs are always bankable, especially in the current bleak economic scenario due to the pandemic. These companies were…
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Many mutual fund investors are not happy with the performance of their schemes. Some of them can’t figure out why the scheme is still not offering positive returns even though the markets seem to have…
What is a Fund of Funds or FoF?
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Is it time to move money from savings…
Financial planner: Santosh Joseph, Founder, Germinate Wealth Solutions, a financial planning firm, based in Bangaluru. Questions asked by his clients: 1. Since banks are cutting interest rate, should we move our savings to liquid or…