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[Translate] Today, mutual funds have become one of the foremost investment instruments for a large number of small investors in the country. According to the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI), mutual funds are the most suitable investment for the common man. A mutual fund generates market returns for investors by enabling them to [...]

[Translate] Mutual funds are governed by their scheme offer documents, making it absolutely necessary to read the fine print while investing in a scheme. Even though it makes for a tad boring and complex read, it is recommended by Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). The reason – an investor knows several conditions relating [...]

[Translate] A gain cannot be called a gain until it is realised. How true is this when it comes to mutual fund investments! Prasoon, 35, invested a considerable amount in equity mutual funds in early 2006 when the market was up. His investments almost doubled within a span of 9 months and then the global [...]

[Translate] In your investment career, you must have received stock tips and recommendations from your brokers, friends and family. Many a time, on asking the rationale behind the same, the person giving the recommendation would state the tip is received from some 'reliable' source. Investors make decisions based on certain factual information. Subsequently, they make [...]

[Translate] An annual report is probably amongst the most viewed company publications. It is the most comprehensive means of communication between a company and its shareholders. It is a report that each company must provide to each of its shareholders at the end of the financial year. To put it differently, it is a report [...]

[Translate] As we had discussed in the previous article of this series on investing basics, financial statements are among the most important sections of an annual report. For a novice investor, reading and understanding a company's financial statement is quite intimidating at first sight. However, to study and make good investing decisions, it is necessary [...]

[Translate] In the previous article, we had taken a brief look at the key financial statements that are found in a company's annual report. In this article, we will see how one should view and analyse the key revenue constituents of a profit and loss account (P&L). Core vs non-core A handful of companies report [...]

[Translate] In the previous article of this series, we had a brief look at how one could analyse a company's income over a particular period. In this article, we will take a look at the key expenditure constituents (operating costs) of a company and how one could view and analyse these over a particular period. [...]