Category Archives: Mutual Funds

Mutual funds and life insurance are two distinct products

Posted on September 26, 2008 by admin

There were some announcements recently by the Life Insurance Council, a lobbying body formed by life insurance companies. Broadly, these announcements appeared to say two things: that the terminology of unit-linked insurance plans (Ulips) would be made uniform and that … Continue reading →

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Financial Literacy Drive Treasure Post

Posted on August 8, 2008 by Ranjan

This post links to a treasure trove of information on personal finance. Actually, April was National Financial Literacy Month in the US and JDR (GetRichSlowly) has the ultimate collection of posts covering everything on Personal Finance. Other than the 20 … Continue reading →

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Personal Finance Website Update

Posted on June 14, 2007 by Ranjan

Nine months ago I did not know what a blog is? Stuck up at home due to a back injury, I was casually chatting up with a geeky friend asking him about how to create a website, purely in jest. … Continue reading →

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Transparency in Mutual Funds

Posted on May 8, 2007 by Ranjan

Open letter to SEBI by Personalfn.com, a financial planning initiative. It can be reached at info@personalfn.com. I have their permission to reproduce the article. Dear Mr. Chairman: The fact sheet of a mutual fund scheme that is released by its … Continue reading →

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Financial Literacy Drive Treasure Post

Posted on May 2, 2007 by Ranjan

This post links to a treasure trove of information on personal finance. Actually, April was National Financial Literacy Month in the US and JDR (GetRichSlowly) has the ultimate collection of posts covering everything on Personal Finance. Other than the 20 … Continue reading →

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Is ULIP for you?

Posted on April 15, 2007 by Ranjan

ULIP is a hot selling insurance product these days. Unit Linked Insurance policy is an insurance policy where the funds are invested in the Capital market and the policyholder bears all the investment risks. Insurance companies are falling over each … Continue reading →

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Take Responsibility for Your Finances

Posted on April 13, 2007 by Ranjan

Slideshare is a wonderful way of sharing your slides and powerpoint presentations. It is a place to share and discover slideshows. You can embed the slideshows in your blog, tag, comment and have fun. I have embedded a presentation I … Continue reading →

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Mutual Funds v/s Direct Stocks Investing

Posted on April 10, 2007 by Ranjan

Investing in the equity market directly is exciting and sexy. You are in the thick of things and are able to take responsibility for yourself. Though the volatility and the information overload makes it a daunting task. How about investing … Continue reading →

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What are Exchange Traded Funds

Posted on April 7, 2007 by Ranjan

Basically, Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) are open-ended index fund that can also be traded on the stock market. Compared to Mutual funds, there are many advantages of ETFs, one is real time pricing, secondly long term investors are protected from … Continue reading →

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Visit my Blog

Posted on April 2, 2007 by Ranjan

Visit my blog Weblog on Finance and Business. It is a storehouse of info on finance and business.

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