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| Restart SIPs, save entry load | 08-NOV-09 |
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| I have invested in an SIP of HDFC Top 200 since 2005. Do I need to stop and start afresh , so that it does not attract entry load. Kindly advise. |
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| Start young, start well | 08-NOV-09 |
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| Piyush Bhurangi, 26, a software engineer in Noida, UP, is getting married in November and wishes to have a long-term investment plan to suit a larger family. He invests Rs 1,000 each month in mutual funds via systematic investment plans (SIPs). Currently, on a take-home salary of Rs 25,000 a month, his expenses add up to about Rs 10,000, apart from investments. He has a term insurance plan of Rs 25 lakh, with additional death benefits (ADB), taken in September 2009. All his investments are tilted towards equities. While that wasn't a big problem as he is young, yet diversification is crucially necessary, as he is the only bread-earning member of his family right now. |
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| Prudent CAS aims 100,000 SIPs by March 2011 | 07-OCT-09 |
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| The investment company, which recently expanded its branches to Bangalore and Chennai, has logged in 41,000 SIPs worth Rs 6 crore, as of September 2009. The company plans to generate total 60,000 SIPs by March 2009. "We recently logged in over 40,000 SIPs and plan to touch 100,000 SIPs by March 2011. The investor sentiments have been better this year as compared to last year, even if some people are still sceptical about investing in SIPs as most are waiting for correction," said Sanjay Shah, MD, Prudent Corporate Advisory Services Ltd. |
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| Sweet 16 for Sensex: Time to rejig portfolio | 17-SEP-09 |
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| On September 7, the Bombay Stock Exchange’s Sensitive Index, or Sensex, closed over 16,000 points for the first time in over a year. And the good news is that it has consistently been able to close above this mark. |
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| Cut off date on entry loads | 06-SEP-09 |
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| I had invested in Magnum Tax Gain and Fidelity Tax Advantage via Systematic Investment Plans (SIPs). Despite the recent regulation by Sebi abolishing the entry loads, my investments in August were made subject to an entry load. |
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| For an untimely death... | 23-AUG-09 |
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| The untimely death of the family bread-winner puts other members in a financially insecure position. Here's a look at how a fixed income can be earned for the others to live in peace. |
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| Never borrow to buy stocks; go by fundamentals, not price | 14-AUG-09 |
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| In March, investment advisors were busy persuading clients not to discontinue their systematic investment plans (SIPs) in equity funds. Five months later, they are asking some of their clients to take it easy. The reason: With markets recovering by over 80 per cent, retail investors are beginning to believe the good times are back. |
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| While the sun shines | 23-JUN-09 |
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| Indian solar power companies now want to light up the domestic market, with a little help from the government, of course. |
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| SIPs take a hard knock on market volatility | 28-APR-09 |
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| Once the most selling product in the mutual fund industry, systematic investment plans (SIPs) are now taking the hit as investors pull out, fearing that adverse market conditions are going to continue. |
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| Profit-booking in SIPs | 19-APR-09 |
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| I am 42 years old. I have started investing since 2005. Though my investments in mutual funds gave a good returns for the first two years, I didn’t book profit. I thought staying invested will help me yield better returns in the long term. Now I wonder if it was a mistake. Despite the fall, I am still investing every month through a systematic investment plan (SIP). I invest Rs 10,000 in DSPBR T I G E R and Kotak Opportunities, Rs 8,000 in SBI Taxgain and Rs 5,000 in HDFC Taxsaver. |
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