ELSS

Making a start now will give you time to choose instruments prudently and avoid mis-selling

Even ELSS, being an equity fund, should be purchased with minimum seven-year horizon

The equity-linked savings scheme (ELSS) were the best performers among all the categories as 70 per cent of the schemes managed to outperform the S&P BSE 200, the study shows

An ELSS fund is an equity-oriented scheme with a mandatory lock-in period of three years. In recent years, many taxpayers have turned to ELSS schemes to avail of tax benefits.

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Flexicap, ELSS, and multicap schemes have piled on more mid and smallcap flavour since March

Equity-Linked Savings Scheme (ELSS) is an equity mutual fund investment that invests at least 80 per cent of its assets in equity and equity-related instruments.

An ELSS as a tax-saving option is mostly preferred by younger taxpayers

Becomes first fund house to shift from active to passive in ELSS

Those desiring index-beating returns, but willing to tolerate underperformance, may choose the active plan

But regulator says AMCs must shut existing active scheme before offering a passive one

These funds can fetch double-digit returns over long term which debt tax-saving products can't

Some see potential in the newly introduced passive option, other see promise in active ELSS

Podcast: RBI policy and inflation, a warmer winter, markets and ELSS

Does sticky core inflation mean more rate hikes by RBI? Will a warm winter affect Indian farm output? Is it time to pick fixed-income securities? What is ELSS? Listen to this podcast to know

Decoded: What is an Equity Linked Savings Scheme?

If you wish to save to save taxes, some experts might suggest you invest in ELSS. But what are these? Listen to this podcast to know.

The scheme, which opened for subscription on Thursday, will mimic the Nifty 50 index

Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) have continued to offload Indian shares this month, selling stocks worth over Rs 39,000 crore

Underperformance of active funds could further spur growth in ETFs

Recent correction means a good chance to enter these tax-savers

The fund has outperformed the benchmark (S&P BSE 500 TRI) and its peers (funds ranked under the ELSS category in December 2021 CMFR) in the past 1-, 2-,3-,5-, 7- and 10-year trailing periods