Some have discovered another Lehman Brothers in it, the spark that may ignite an explosion in the financial markets and the euro. The scenario of a possible bankruptcy of Greece may well have been there for years now and has been a cause of intrigue and worries. For no single country in the euro region has yet been “dropped” by its partners. Patrick Artus, an economist of the Natixis Bank says, “On the face of it, there is...

The favourite investment vehicle for people with limited income or irregular income is the bank fixed deposit. These offer 8-9% kind of assured annual income. However, in India the rate of inflation is often higher and someone, who is keeping most of his savings in fixed deposits, is losing in the long run because as the years go by, the income such an investor will earn as interest would no longer have the same buying power as they had even a...

As of date the following are the ways of earning tax free dividends from your savings invested in Indian mutual funds: • Invest your money in Equity or Equity-oriented (at least 65% of the asset under management must be invested in equities) funds that pay regular dividends. Some of these equity-oriented funds are also known as balanced funds. • Invest in Arbitrage funds. Since the arbitrage funds are mainly invested in equities, they are, as...

BNP Paribas Dividend Yield Fund appears to be an interesting fund. It is a good multi-cap equity fund with 5-Star ratings from Value Research, an independent provider of investment-related information. The fund has delivered about 51% returns in the last one year and is managed by Shreyas Devalker since January, 2013. The aim of the scheme is to generate long-term capital growth from a portfolio of equity and related securities. At this point...