Author name: Arjun Kapoor

You have ₹3 lakh sitting in your savings account — some of it earmarked for upcoming expenses, some of it loosely called “emergency money.” Your salary comes in every month, and after paying rent and bills, a small surplus builds up. The question a lot of salaried Indians eventually ask is: is this money just […]

You want to start investing every month — but you’re not sure where to begin. SIP sounds simple until you actually try to set one up and realise you need to choose a fund, complete KYC, pick a date, set up an auto-debit mandate, and figure out whether to go direct or regular. That’s a

You have ₹3 lakh sitting in a savings account earning around 3–4% interest. Someone mentions debt mutual funds as a smarter option — steadier than the stock market, better returns than a savings account. It sounds reasonable. But before you move that money, one question deserves a plain, honest answer: is a debt mutual fund

If you have been investing through SIP for even a few months, someone has probably told you to “just buy a Nifty 50 index fund” — or the opposite, to stick with a proven active fund manager. Both sides sound convincing. That is exactly the problem. Index funds and active mutual funds both invest in

You just received your annual bonus — ₹1,00,000 sitting in your savings account — and everyone seems to have a different opinion. Your colleague says put it all into a mutual fund now. A finance influencer says split it into monthly SIPs. Your father says wait for the market to fall first. If this sounds

You have built a mutual fund corpus over the years. Now the question is practical: how much can you actually withdraw every month without the money running out too early? That is exactly what an SWP — Systematic Withdrawal Plan — is designed to address. And an SWP calculator India tool helps you model different

You have ₹1,00,000 sitting in your savings account. The question every investor eventually asks: invest it all today, or spread it across 60 monthly SIPs of ₹1,667 each? Both routes put roughly the same money into a mutual fund over 5 years — but the outcomes can be very different. A lumpsum vs SIP calculator

If you invest ₹1 lakh every month through a SIP, you are likely focused on which fund will give the best return. But there is a cost sitting inside every mutual fund — one that never shows up as a separate deduction in your bank statement, never sends you a notice, and quietly reduces what

Most salaried investors in India who finally decide to start an index fund SIP hit the same wall almost immediately: should I go with a Nifty 50 index fund, or is Nifty Next 50 worth considering because someone mentioned it returns more? The confusion is understandable. Both are passive equity mutual funds. Both track well-known

Every year, as March 31 approaches, the same search spike happens: “best ELSS funds for 80C.” Thousands of salaried taxpayers invest hurriedly, picking whichever fund topped a recent return chart. Then they forget that equity markets don’t care about tax-saving season — and that every SIP instalment locks in separately for three years. If you’re