In the rat race to garner size, mutual funds pamper distributors at the expense of investors. Here is how to beat them at their game

Recently, a mutual fund distributor approached me with a pitch to subscribe for a New Fund Offering. It was vaguely labelled and no different from any open-ended growth fund. The distributor did not know much about me, so I decided to play along. I asked him...

Orient Paper has three businesses. All are doing very well

Orient Paper, a CK Birla Group company, has popped up on our stock screen for its robust price rise. What makes it interesting? Orient is a diversified company, which is into cement, paper & pulp and electric fans. Around 50% of its revenues come from the cement business, while paper & pulp contributes 30%. The remaining 20% comes...

Index funds should be cheaper. But they are getting more expensive, while the regulator remains unconcerned

Index funds are among the best options for investors who do not have the time to research stocks and monitor their portfolio. But fund companies do not promote index funds because they do not want the investing public to know the obvious superiority of this particular product. Index...