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Diversification across asset classes is the key for serious investors if they want to have better risk-adjusted returns.

Debt mutual funds have to show notional losses or gains on their debt holdings even if the gains or losses are not actually realised. This is known as markto-market or MTM risk.

Banking sector funds have surprised investors in the last one month. The category has offered 21.38% returns in one month. It is indeed surprising because the banking sector has suffered a lot in the last one year.

An index fund, a relatively boring and lacklustre instrument, had beaten a hedge fund.

“Markets always tend to look ahead. Some of the macro numbers like auto sales, cement, electricity and diesel consumption, are sequentially looking better. Lockdown is getting lifted, business are opening up."

In the rescue process, Yes Bank’s AT1 bonds worth ₹8,415 crore were written down in full in March

Conservatism of fund managers can affect performance during recoveries and bull phases, says study

The need for health insurance changes from youth to old age depending on one’s lifestyle and genetics. ET Wealth tells you how much and what type of health plans you should have as protection against poor health through various stages of life.

14.2 percentage of the total population of the country suffering from mental disorders of varying intensity, as of 2017. This is 197.3 million people or one in seven persons. However, the question is can you buy health cover for mental illnesses.

MS Excel's Solver is an optimisation tool that aims to calculate the value of a variable while incorporating changes in the multiple variables of a financial equation. This also includes any user-defined constraints or conditions.

Since 1 April, the 10-year bond yield has till now averaged 6.07% and currently stands at 5.85%, which clearly means a rate cut is in the offing for small savings schemes.

The first step of a financial plan is to make sure that your insurance needs are covered. The ongoing pandemic has reinforced this importance. Follow our step by step guide to find out how much life insurance cover you should have.

Banking & PSU debt funds are required to invest 80% in instruments issued by commercial banks and public financial institutions. Corporate bond funds are also required to put at least 80% in AA+ and higher-rated corporate bonds. Does that make them risk-free?

The personal finance crisis that the pandemic has brought upon many of us has made the need for better planning more urgent. For many of us, this full-blown, elaborate goal-based system may become a little too much work. Here's a simpler system.

Index funds and ETFs mirror the index they track. So, the safety that you get in an index fund is relative and is directly proportional to the risk associated with the index.