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Equity funds have started shedding gains they made in FY13
Equity funds have started shedding the gains that they made in 2012-13 as average one-year return from diversified schemes dropped below 2 per cent.Mutual funds investing in the US a good cover against rupee fall
Experts feel with the current market scenario, investors must diversify across countries as well as assets. Right now, it makes sense to buy assets in economies recovering from the 2008 crisis.


Stocks, sectors that will gain from a good monsoon
Monsoon seems to be the only respite that Indian companies can look forward to this year. Falling rupee, high fiscal deficit, flight of foreign funds and poor earnings, these have been the only themes in the India story for many quarters now.

Companies Law to save interests of retail investors
The Companies Bill has introduced the concept of class action suit, which enables a group of investors to take a large company to court seeking relief/damage from actions of the company.Allowing banks as insurance brokers will improve product offering
Banks can now sell insurance policies of multiple companies after the Insurance Regulatory Authority of India (IRDA) allowed them to become licensed insurance brokers.Looking to exit National Spot Exchange? Here's what you can do
Since the National Spot Exchange has a huge outstanding towards investors, and the issue has snowballed into a big controversy, it is unlikely that normal functioning in the exchange will be resumed any time soon.How RBI's measures to check rupee fall are impacting you
The fallout of the rupee slide is going to hurt you if you are looking to buy a property, invest overseas, send your child to a foreign university or buy gold.



