What is sensex? how to start investing in mutual funds? what is mutual fund?

So far you have gotten excellent answers. But allow me to add my 2 cents worth. Brokers will hardly give you the time of day unless you are investing millions with them. You will get cookie cutte...

Equity mutual funds: it usually refers to funds that hold only stocks, any type of stock. These are taxable. Tax saving mutual funds: which I think are the Tax exempt mutual funds, are funds t...

No one knows for sure if this is a good time to get in the market or not but for my money I would wait or dollar cost average. Dollar cost averaging means to put small amounts of money into the mar...

An index fund is an investment product that is designed to track the movement of given index (such as the S&P 500.) They use little or no real world managers and are now often strictly operate...

a mutual fund is you paying some one to trade your stocks for you, keep a hugely diversified portfolio, (like 100-200 different stocks) and basically try not to lose your money. Mutual funds try to...

You might indeed consider mutual funds. They are easy and have a bunch of pros picking your investment portfolio. Most mutual fund companies have really good Web sites that will help you in picking...

That would not be a wise choice in my opinion. If all your money is in one stock, then if that stock crashes or does poorly you could be loosing money. The risk of loosing will be much less if you ...

It is an investment company that makes investments on behalf of individuals who share common financial goals. In simple terms, there are a pool of investors such as you and me who invest their mone...