DSIJ Mindshare

Since the last couple of months, mutual fund investors have been receiving letters and emails from fund houses informing them about the change in total expense ratio (TER) of the scheme they have invested in. If you are one among them, you might have wondered what you should make of it. 

Usage of credit card abroad attracts various kinds of charges which can inflate your credit card bill quite a lot. Some of these charges include foreign currency conversion fee, transaction charge, cash withdrawal fee, etc. plus the mark-up charges as applicable.

The unpredictability of events in life and the uncertainty of life itself lend significance to life insurance.  Life insurance protects the near and near ones from the unexpected vagaries of life such as road, rail or air accidents, critical illnesses such as cancer, stroke, heart attack, paralysis, etc. and from the eventuality of death itself.

Mutual fund houses launch bond funds for conservative investors who expect steady returns on their investments. That apart, bond funds are also more tax-efficient than fixed deposits for investors in the higher tax bracket. However, there are certain risks associated with bond funds. Let us examine the kind of risks that bond funds are exposed to.

If you are among those who rush to invest in initial public offers (IPOs) of companies, you need to know how to decide which IPOs to invest in and which ones to avoid. If you go by the hype and the hoopla in the market, you may be in for a shock if the company goes down under.