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- Max New York Life Insurance Launches New Income Plan
- A financial planner can help fine tune your portfolio
- Short-Term Debt Funds More Attractive Now
- Google+ Tips
- Before You Go For A Second Loan... Ensure you are not over-leveraged
- Financial Planning: What is a Disaster Plan? How to put it inplace?
- FMPs Offer the Best Option among Debt Funds
- Birla Sunlife Mutual Fund – Its Schemes
- Tata Index Fund
| Max New York Life Insurance Launches New Income Plan Posted: 17 Aug 2011 05:52 AM PDT Max New York Life Insurance on Thursday launched Max New York Life Guaranteed Monthly Income Plan that provides investors with a regular payout indexed to benchmark the government securities rate. The plan aims to provide a dual benefit of regular income flow as well as protection against any exigencies through a protection component. Speaking on the launch, Rajesh Sud, chief executive and managing director, Max New York Life Insurance said, "At Max New York Life Insurance, we design products keeping in the mind the future needs of our customers. The rising cost of living and securing ones future is clearly a concern." -----------------------------------------------------------------
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Invest in Birla Sunlife Mutual Funds Online
Invest in UTI Mutual Funds Online
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| A financial planner can help fine tune your portfolio Posted: 17 Aug 2011 05:47 AM PDT The humble individual investors are in a fix. They just can't decide if they have to hire a financial advisor. Their plight is caused by the problem of plenty. They were considering hiring an agent, the ubiquitous species you would find in your neighbourhood, who would call in on their clients at their home, fill the forms, collect the cheque to be submitted to a mutual fund house, insurance company, etc. Then someone asked them to check out the virtual world, where you have umpteen number of dedicated sites helping you research and transact. Some others wanted them to hire an advisor, who would advise them on investments for a fee. Some advisors would even help the investor with investments for an additional fee.
Just like you pay a doctor or a lawyer for their services, it makes sense to pay a financial advisor to get high quality advice and service. This is better than losing a portion of your wealth due to incompetent and poor advice. -----------------------------------------------------------------
Also, know how to buy mutual funds online:
Invest in DSP BlackRock Mutual Funds Online
Invest in Reliance Mutual Funds Online
Invest in HDFC Mutual Funds Online
Invest in Sundaram Mutual Funds Online
Invest in Birla Sunlife Mutual Funds Online
Invest in UTI Mutual Funds Online
Invest in SBI Mutual Funds Online
Invest in Edelweiss Mutual Funds Online
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| Short-Term Debt Funds More Attractive Now Posted: 17 Aug 2011 05:36 AM PDT With the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announcing a rise in key policy rates for the 11th time in the last 16 months, more investors are likely to flock towards short-term debt funds. According to fund managers, the latest aggressive hike in interest rates will have a more negative impact on Government Securities (G-Sec) than short-term and money-market funds. Since G-Secs are of longer duration they tend to fall more. Among debt mutual funds, with the rise in interest rates, fixed maturity plans (FMPs) are expected to see higher yields. At the same time, this will adversely impact the performance of long-term income and gilt funds which will see mark-to-market losses. With liquidity still remaining in deficit, short-term income funds may continue to witness investor interest. Investors' improved appetite for FMPs is evident from the fact that assets of fixed monthly products zoomed to a three-year high in the quarter ended June. The assets had touched `1.2 trillion ( `1 lakh crore), or 16 per cent of the total assets of the domestic mutual fund industry. Short-term debt funds are giving a return of 9-10 per cent to investors. This, gains importance at atime when equities are moving in a range. With higher yields in the G-Sec, long-term debt funds will have negative impact. The price fall in bond will be anywhere between 0.5 to 0.75 per cent. Markets have generally moved up by 10-11 basis points, which means 65-70 bond while for a three month paper it is four paise per 100. Yields have gone up in government securities by 10-11 basis negative impact. The price fall in bonds will be between 0.5 to 0.75 per cent. Short-term funds predominantly invest in corporate bonds with 1-2 year maturity. And these are giving good returns as they buy corporate papers which are trading between 9-10 per cent. These are attractive levels for a person to lock on to in the form of investing in short-term debt funds. But for a long duration fund, it is difficult as there is no clarity on further rate hike cycle. Fund houses have already started reducing the average duration of maturity for long-term debt funds. There is absolutely no money in the long term debt funds. Investors are not putting money in more than a year product. -----------------------------------------------------------------
Also, know how to buy mutual funds online:
1) DSP BlackRock Mutual Funds: http://prajnacapital.blogspot.com/2011/05/buying-dsp-blackrock-mutual-funds.html
2) Reliance Mutual Funds: http://prajnacapital.blogspot.com/2011/06/buying-reliance-mutual-funds-online.html
3) Reliance Mutual Funds: http://prajnacapital.blogspot.com/2011/07/buying-hdfc-mutual-funds-online.html
4) Sundaram Mutual Funds: http://prajnacapital.blogspot.com/2011/07/buying-sundaram-mutual-funds-online.html
5) Birla Sunlife Mutual Funds: http://prajnacapital.blogspot.com/2011/06/buying-birla-sunlife-mutual-funds.html
6) UTI Mutual Funds: http://prajnacapital.blogspot.com/2011/06/buying-uti-mutual-funds-online.html
7) SBI Mutual Funds: http://prajnacapital.blogspot.com/2011/06/buying-sbi-mutual-funds-online.html
8) Edelweiss Mutual Funds: http://prajnacapital.blogspot.com/2011/06/buying-edelweiss-mutual-funds-online.html
9) IDFC Mutual Funds: http://prajnacapital.blogspot.com/2011/06/buying-idfc-mutual-funds-online.html
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| Posted: 17 Aug 2011 05:21 AM PDT
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1) DSP BlackRock Mutual Funds: http://prajnacapital.blogspot.com/2011/05/buying-dsp-blackrock-mutual-funds.html
2) Reliance Mutual Funds: http://prajnacapital.blogspot.com/2011/06/buying-reliance-mutual-funds-online.html
3) Reliance Mutual Funds: http://prajnacapital.blogspot.com/2011/07/buying-hdfc-mutual-funds-online.html
4) Sundaram Mutual Funds: http://prajnacapital.blogspot.com/2011/07/buying-sundaram-mutual-funds-online.html
5) Birla Sunlife Mutual Funds: http://prajnacapital.blogspot.com/2011/06/buying-birla-sunlife-mutual-funds.html
6) UTI Mutual Funds: http://prajnacapital.blogspot.com/2011/06/buying-uti-mutual-funds-online.html
7) SBI Mutual Funds: http://prajnacapital.blogspot.com/2011/06/buying-sbi-mutual-funds-online.html
8) Edelweiss Mutual Funds: http://prajnacapital.blogspot.com/2011/06/buying-edelweiss-mutual-funds-online.html
9) IDFC Mutual Funds: http://prajnacapital.blogspot.com/2011/06/buying-idfc-mutual-funds-online.html
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| Before You Go For A Second Loan... Ensure you are not over-leveraged Posted: 17 Aug 2011 04:39 AM PDT Buying through loans, especially when it comes to houses and cars, is a common practice nowadays. And, sometimes, all these purchases happen within months or a few years of each other. Bankers are often not comfortable when customers already have a sizeable amount of debt on their balance sheets and are looking for more. But then, one may really need the loan for that car, or medical emergency, or some personal expenditure. In this situation, before approaching banks, one may want to take stock of their current debt servicing ratio. It may sound technical but in simple terms, it means the cash available with you to service debt. And the higher your debt servicing ratio, the better are the chances of securing another loan. For the salaried with an EMI above 50 per cent of their salary, taking another loan is not a good idea, as the debt servicing ability could be hampered in the future A private sector banker said loan servicing, as a percentage of your monthly take-home pay, should not be 40 per cent. The rest is earmarked for monthly expenses. So, if your take-home salary is `1 lakh per month, monthly expenses 35,000 and EMI `25,000, then you have a surplus of `40,000 every month. This financial scenario is quite comfortable for any bank to lend you more. Things can go haywire if your EMI is, say, `60,000 for the same salary and you are seeking another loan. Some large public sector banks provide car loans at 1.5 per cent lower than the current existing rate for existing home loan customers. The rationale is since a housing loan is a significantly higher sum than the car loan, and both are collaterised with the same bank, the risk can be taken. A senior manager with Union Bank says banks also find comfort in existing customers because of the easy availability of data regarding their loan servicing ability. Delinquency rates in personal and car loans are higher and hence, an existing customer, whose loan repayment has been seen and whose KYC is done, will find it easier to get such a loan. If you approach a bank with no financial relationship in the past, things may not be so simple. They may not be so comfortable providing a personal loan because of the lack of collateral, especially if you are overleveraged. Even in the case of auto loans, the falling realisable value of the car makes many banks uncomfortable. Yes, there are non-banking financial institutions that provide loans. But, the rates being charged are sometimes prohibitively high sometimes. From a bank's perspective, unless it is an easily saleable security, they may be hesitant in doling out loans. A car loan is just about possible, while a loan against gold/shares is also easy to secure. Other options for raising cash such as loans against shares come under the capital market exposure of the bank. Banks, by and large, tend to maintain a 50 per cent margin on loans against shares. Ø Maintain a good EMI payment history on your home loan Ø Keep a high debt servicing ratio Ø Approach your own bank or the bank which has given you a home loan Ø Check with your bank for offers available to home loan owners Loans against gold and shares are easier to come by |
| Financial Planning: What is a Disaster Plan? How to put it inplace? Posted: 17 Aug 2011 03:57 AM PDT Over the past two years, close to 517 people were killed and 1,772 were seriously injured on the Mumbai-Goa highway. Days after coming across with these statistics, I read in a national daily about four people getting killed in a road mishap on the highway, and that the deceased included the breadwinners, while the rest of the family was seriously injured. And, all the while, I felt sympathy for those killed — people who, when they left home, would have never imagined that such a tragedy could happen to them.
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| FMPs Offer the Best Option among Debt Funds Posted: 17 Aug 2011 03:22 AM PDT The RBI's sharp interest rate hike has raised some questions about the impact of its move on fixed income mutual funds. There has no doubt been an impact, but it's more in the nature of confirming and cementing an existing situation rather than resulting in any new change. Certainly, whenever interest rates rise, there is an impact on the price of debt securities and, thus, there should be a fall in the NAVs (net asset values) of funds that are holding these securities.
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1) DSP BlackRock Mutual Funds: http://prajnacapital.blogspot.com/2011/05/buying-dsp-blackrock-mutual-funds.html
2) Reliance Mutual Funds: http://prajnacapital.blogspot.com/2011/06/buying-reliance-mutual-funds-online.html
3) Reliance Mutual Funds: http://prajnacapital.blogspot.com/2011/07/buying-hdfc-mutual-funds-online.html
4) Sundaram Mutual Funds: http://prajnacapital.blogspot.com/2011/07/buying-sundaram-mutual-funds-online.html
5) Birla Sunlife Mutual Funds: http://prajnacapital.blogspot.com/2011/06/buying-birla-sunlife-mutual-funds.html
6) UTI Mutual Funds: http://prajnacapital.blogspot.com/2011/06/buying-uti-mutual-funds-online.html
7) SBI Mutual Funds: http://prajnacapital.blogspot.com/2011/06/buying-sbi-mutual-funds-online.html
8) Edelweiss Mutual Funds: http://prajnacapital.blogspot.com/2011/06/buying-edelweiss-mutual-funds-online.html
9) IDFC Mutual Funds: http://prajnacapital.blogspot.com/2011/06/buying-idfc-mutual-funds-online.html
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| Birla Sunlife Mutual Fund – Its Schemes Posted: 17 Aug 2011 02:50 AM PDT
About the Mutual Fund Company: Birla Sunlife Mutual Fund was launched in 1994 as a Joint Venture between Aditya Birla Group and Sunlife Financial Services of Canada. Aditya Birla Groups is one of the leading business conglomerates in India. Birla Sunlife Mutual Fund Company has launched several schemes including equity schemes, balanced schemes for long term investments and debt schemes for short term investments or alternatives to bank deposits. Some of the best performing schemes available in Birla Sunlife Mutual fund that could be invested for long term are listed below. · Birla Sunlife MNC Fund – Growth · Birla Sunlife MNC Fund – Dividend · Birla Sunlife India GenNext Fund – Dividend · Birla Sunlife India GenNext Fund – Growth · Birla Sunlife Dividend Yield Plus – Dividend · Birla Sunlife Dividend Yield Plus – Growth · Birla Sunlife Buy India Fund – Dividend · Birla Sunlife Buy India Fund – Growth · Birla Sunlife Pure Value Fund – Growth · Birla Sunlife Pure Value Fund – Dividend · Birla Sunlife Long Term Advantage Fund – Dividend · Birla Sunlife Small and Midcap Fund – Dividend · Birla Sunlife Long Term Advantage Fund - Growth -----------------------------------------------------------------
Also, know how to buy mutual funds online:
1) DSP BlackRock Mutual Funds: http://prajnacapital.blogspot.com/2011/05/buying-dsp-blackrock-mutual-funds.html
2) Reliance Mutual Funds: http://prajnacapital.blogspot.com/2011/06/buying-reliance-mutual-funds-online.html
3) Reliance Mutual Funds: http://prajnacapital.blogspot.com/2011/07/buying-hdfc-mutual-funds-online.html
4) Sundaram Mutual Funds: http://prajnacapital.blogspot.com/2011/07/buying-sundaram-mutual-funds-online.html
5) Birla Sunlife Mutual Funds: http://prajnacapital.blogspot.com/2011/06/buying-birla-sunlife-mutual-funds.html
6) UTI Mutual Funds: http://prajnacapital.blogspot.com/2011/06/buying-uti-mutual-funds-online.html
7) SBI Mutual Funds: http://prajnacapital.blogspot.com/2011/06/buying-sbi-mutual-funds-online.html
8) Edelweiss Mutual Funds: http://prajnacapital.blogspot.com/2011/06/buying-edelweiss-mutual-funds-online.html
9) IDFC Mutual Funds: http://prajnacapital.blogspot.com/2011/06/buying-idfc-mutual-funds-online.html
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| Posted: 17 Aug 2011 01:32 AM PDT Objective To provide medium to long term capital gains to its Unitholders. Option Available NIFTY Plan & SENSEX Plan Entry Load Option A-1% Minimum Application Amount Option A: Rs.5,000/- & in multiples of Re.1/- thereafter. Option B: Rs.10 Lakhs & in multiples of Re.1/- thereafter. -----------------------------------------------------------------
Also, know how to buy mutual funds online:
1) DSP BlackRock Mutual Funds: http://prajnacapital.blogspot.com/2011/05/buying-dsp-blackrock-mutual-funds.html
2) Reliance Mutual Funds: http://prajnacapital.blogspot.com/2011/06/buying-reliance-mutual-funds-online.html
3) Reliance Mutual Funds: http://prajnacapital.blogspot.com/2011/07/buying-hdfc-mutual-funds-online.html
4) Sundaram Mutual Funds: http://prajnacapital.blogspot.com/2011/07/buying-sundaram-mutual-funds-online.html
5) Birla Sunlife Mutual Funds: http://prajnacapital.blogspot.com/2011/06/buying-birla-sunlife-mutual-funds.html
6) UTI Mutual Funds: http://prajnacapital.blogspot.com/2011/06/buying-uti-mutual-funds-online.html
7) SBI Mutual Funds: http://prajnacapital.blogspot.com/2011/06/buying-sbi-mutual-funds-online.html
8) Edelweiss Mutual Funds: http://prajnacapital.blogspot.com/2011/06/buying-edelweiss-mutual-funds-online.html
9) IDFC Mutual Funds: http://prajnacapital.blogspot.com/2011/06/buying-idfc-mutual-funds-online.html
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