Liquid Funds: Safe to Invest or Not?
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Liquid Funds: Safe to Invest or Not?

In the realm of investments, there are various kinds of funds available for investment. One such fund is liquid funds. There are pretty mixed reviews about them. Some claim that they're quite safe to invest in, while others want to stay away from them. 

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Prince Pipes IPO: Should You Invest?
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Prince Pipes IPO: Should You Invest?

Prince Pipes and Company Ltd. are a manufacturer of polymer pipes and fittings. Founded in 1987, the company contributes to irrigation, plumbing and sewage technologies to meet the water supply infrastructure demands of India. Around 37 percent of the company's revenue is generated from supply of plumbing products, along with 32% from irrigation products. 

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Active Funds Vs Passive Funds: What
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Active Funds Vs Passive Funds: What's Trending?

What if we tell you most of the active mutual funds cannot beat the Indices even after charging those high expense ratios? It is quite unpleasant. Why pay someone extra for underperforming the funds where there is no active fund manager? Oh, no active fund manager! Are there any funds where there is no active fund manager? Well, yes! There are such types of funds, and they are called passive funds.

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Check the Causes of Diminishing Mutual Fund Returns
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Check the Causes of Diminishing Mutual Fund Returns

I remember when I was in school; there was a trend of mutual funds in my neighbourhood. People were always talking about their mutual fund returns like I'm getting this much mutual fund returns on this scheme or that scheme. Now at that time, I didn't know much about mutual fund returns, but I deduced that mutual fund returns and mutual fund itself must mean something like "money earned from a group of people."

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Bharat Bond ETF: Should you Apply?
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Bharat Bond ETF: Should you Apply?

Finance Minister recently announced that India would launch its first-ever "Bond ETF" called 'Bharat Bond.' The bharat bond ETF is a new move to develop an underdeveloped bond market in India. It will ultimately give a boost to debt availability to the PSUs (Public Sector Enterprises).

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7 Essential Elements of an Elevator Pitch
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7 Essential Elements of an Elevator Pitch

The wave of Startups has hit the entire world, including India. We often have brilliant business plans, but not enough funds to execute them. Such is the time when we approach investors with a brilliant elevator pitch. But why would the investors invest their funds for our ideas?

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5 Industries that are least affected by Recession
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5 Industries that are least affected by Recession

History repeats itself. If you have been following financial news, you might have come across the apparent signs that we're heading for a recession.The reports of job losses, economic slowdown, client frauds, bank frauds and liquidity crisis are now the talk of the town...It seems we are heading towards a global recession. Despite such uncertainities, there are industries that expand and do well while the rest of the economy suffers and contracts.

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Top 10 Investment Books Every Investor Should Read
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Top 10 Investment Books Every Investor Should Read

Mastering an art requires perseverance and continuous efforts. Stock investing is just another art, which holds true to this phenomenon.

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Life Insurance: Term, ULIP, or Endowment?
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Life Insurance: Term, ULIP, or Endowment?

Do you know that 19 people die every minute in India? The health standards are decreasing day by day. The newspaper is filled with articles of alarmingly high pollution levels, natural calamities, increasing crime, etc. Life expectancy has come down to 68 years. In such a situation, taking Life Insurance is a must. It at least provides financial security to the family. So an obvious next question would be, "Which Life Insurance to take?”

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Securitization- The lifeline of NBFCs
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Securitization- The lifeline of NBFCs

Non- Banking Finance Companies (NBFC’s) play a significant role in driving growth and development by providing financial services to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME’s) most suited to their business model. They aim at promoting inclusive growth in the economy by extending credit in rural sectors and financially weaker sections of the society.

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What is Beta in Finance?
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What is Beta in Finance?

In the dynamic world of finance, understanding the nuances of various metrics is crucial for making informed investment decisions. Among these metrics, Beta holds a significant position, serving as a key indicator of a stock's volatility relative to the overall market.

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What is the Rule of 72?
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What is the Rule of 72?

In the field of investing, it is imperative to realize the magic of compounding. So, wondering what magic has got to do with your money? It is not a magic mantra to make you rich overnight; rather, it is just prudent investment advice.

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Special purpose vehicle (SPV)
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Special purpose vehicle (SPV)

In the current financial market, there exists numerous enterprises and entities who are working towards providing goods and services to the nation and contribute to the growth of the economy.

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Term policy and endowment policy
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Term policy and endowment policy

“A life insurance policy is something that provides a dedicated sum of money on the demise of the policyholder or after a certain period of time.”

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How to choose right Insurance policy?
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How to choose right Insurance policy?

Choosing a life insurance policy is a great challenge for many individuals as there are many insurance companies offering different plans and to pick the best one out of all is pretty much difficult.

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Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme: Benefits and Features
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Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme: Benefits and Features

Sovereign Gold Bond is an initiative by the Government of India that was started in November 2015. It is a scheme that was started under the Gold Monetisation initiative by the government. Sovereign gold bonds are an excellent substitute for investment in real physical gold. RBI issues these bonds on behalf of the government of India. There are plenty of advantages you get by investing in this scheme.

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What is PF and PPF?
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What is PF and PPF?

Provident Fund (PF) is a savings scheme started by the government of India for retired salaried people of India. As per the part of this scheme, a group of people comes together to invest money in an account which is later given back to the individual when he retires.

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National Savings Certificate
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National Savings Certificate

The national savings certificate is an initiative started by the Government of India. NSC is a fixed income investment scheme that can be opened with any post office. The target market for this scheme is small to middle-income investors who are provided an opportunity to save money while saving on income tax. This scheme is a secured scheme that has a very low risk in it just like the Public Provident Fund scheme.

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