Life Cycle Funds automatically shift investments from equity to debt as the target date approaches. Here is how these mutual funds work, who should invest, how to choose the right maturity period and ...

IPO mutual funds remain a niche category, with some schemes investing in newly listed stocks and others tracking IPO-focused indices. Here’s how fund managers approach IPOs, when they buy or sell, and ...

Farran Powell is the managing editor of investing at Forbes Advisor. She was previously the assistant managing editor of investing at U.S. News & World Report. Her work has appeared in numerous ...

A unit linked insurance plan takes each premium, deducts a portion towards life cover and applicable charges, and invests the balance in market-linked funds that the policyholder selects. It carries a ...

Choosing mutual funds is only one part of managing a portfolio. Investors must also decide how much to put in each category, check whether their schemes hold many of the same stocks and determine when ...