I read MoneyLIFE regularly and, indeed, it is very useful and informative. In the world of complex finance this provides a great overview. One thing I would like addressed is the recent IRDA guidance on ULIP-based insurance schemes. IRDA created panic among the public and quickly retracted its earlier statement. What is the real story? Is ULIP a goodinvestment or not? How can one exit these...

I congratulate the MoneyLIFE team for innovative style of research and recommendations. I have been a subscriber since its launch. As a retail investor, I am benefiting more since I started reading MoneyLIFE. I wish to clean up and reshuffle my portfolio, since I am stuck with some scrips that are not moving up for a long time. I request the ML research team to analyse an enclosed Excel sheet...

Birla Mutual Fund, one of the better fund houses, which takes care to select stocks with low downside risk, has joined the bandwagon of launching international funds. Since Birla Mutual has no presence in the overseas markets, that part of the portfolio will be managed by its financial partner Sun Life. The prospectus does not mention how Sun Life will invest and what has been the performance...