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Don’t fret over your mutual fund scheme’s past returns

Investors who focus too much on a fund's earlier returns, tend to buy and sell funds frequently, which leads to a low holding period

3 min read20 Jun 2018
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Having too many funds, and some of them laggards

One of the first things that Jain often notices in a new client's portfolio is the sheer number of mutual fund schemes

2 min read21 Mar 2018
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Scrambling to scrounge proof of tax-saving investment

Many people often wait till the last minute to make tax-related investments. This could lead you to take wrong decisions

3 min read1 Mar 2018
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Stopping investments when equity markets fall

When markets get volatile or start falling, investors start getting jittery and prematurely redeem their investments or stop the SIPs

3 min read24 Jan 2018
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Quick returns, bad insurance covers and other bloopers

We talk to Rohit Shah of Getting You Rich to know some of the biggest mistakes investors make

2 min read3 Jan 2018
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Mistake: exotic products make you look smart

Anup Bansal, managing director, Mitraz Financial Services, tells us the several cases of financial planning mismanagement that he has seen his clients make

2 min read13 Dec 2017
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Do not invest in a house too early in your career

When is the right time to buy one? When you are fresh out of college? When you get your first paycheck or should it be later?

2 min read25 Oct 2017
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We tend to forget why we had started to invest

This typically happens when you don't do asset allocation and buy funds in isolation of one another

2 min read17 Oct 2017
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Taking on assets and liabilities without any plan

Shyam Sunder of PeakAlpha Investment Services lists the mistakes his clients make, and recommends solutions for them

3 min read7 Sep 2017
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Investors must stick to their asset allocation

Mutual funds distributor Ashish Chadha tells us the sort of financial mistakes first-time investors make

3 min read14 Aug 2017
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