The SBI Small Cap Fund has emerged as a prominent investment choice for retail investors opting for high growth through equity markets. As of May 2025, the fund has displayed impressive performance making it a compelling option for long term investors. In the last 5 years the SBI Small Cap Fund direct plan growth has…
The Indian government’s bold military response—Operation Sindoor—in response to the Pahalgam attack on April 22 has created understandable jitters in financial markets. However, history offers a reassuring narrative for long-term investors, especially mutual fund participants. The immediate impact of any political upheaval is seen instantly in the stock markets. However, mutual funds are relatively safer…
I am a 35-year-old working woman living in Pune with a 4-year-old daughter. I earn ₹1.2 lakh per month, and my husband is a freelance designer with a fluctuating income. We currently live in a rented apartment but plan to buy a house in 3-4 years. I want to ensure my daughter’s higher education is…
Now that you’ve seen it, tell me doesn’t that sum up half the financial arguments you see online. You say mutual funds? Someone screams “stocks!” You say fixed deposits (FDs)? Someone else declares them useless. Apparently, on social media, picking one thing means trashing everything else—and nuance has left the chat. Here’s the truth: very…
Q. My wife and I have been investing in debt mutual funds for the past 8 years. We now intend to diversify and invest in equity mutual funds. We received suggestions to invest in Nifty Top 10 Equal Weight Index, however, we have limited knowledge about the same. Can you please elaborate on the same?…
Choosing a mutual fund requires careful planning and objective analysis of data including past returns. Here we examine the past returns of a mutual fund scheme i.e., Quant ELSS Tax Saver Growth fund which has arguably given good returns in the past 25 years of its existence. Sample this: If an investor had invested ₹10,000 every…
I, for one, am worried about where the world is headed. No, this is not only about markets or investments, but something bigger. The world order had largely been predictable in the post-World War II era of peace, with stable assumptions we all lived by, but now everything is suddenly up in the air. I…
Q. Me and my wife have been investing in Nifty 50 tracking mutual funds for the past 8 years. We now intend to diversify by investing in Nifty100 Quality 30 index-tracking mutual funds. Can you tell us the pros and cons of investing in index mutual funds tracking the Nifty100 Quality 30 index? Additionally, please…
The Indian stock market has had a difficult few months. The NSE Nifty 50 Index declined for 10 straight days recently—an unusually sustained dip. Policymakers in New Delhi tend to maintain a lordly indifference to turbulence in equities. But, on this occasion, they need to pay closer attention. America’s whipsawing tariff policies might have unsettled…
As Justyn Walsh writes in Investing with Keynes: “Keynes’ most famous example of the ‘fallacy of composition’ was the so-called Paradox of Thrift–which notes that saving is good for the individual, but if all individuals increase their savings then aggregate demand will fall, eventually leading to lower savings for the population as a whole.” Also…
