The first and foremost step is to decide on how much risk you are willing to take and investment tenure. Once you decide this, you can easily select the best mutual fund for you. You can select from different categories of mutual funds such as high return, tax saving, top companies, and much more.

Mutual fund investors can withdraw their funds anytime they want to if they have invested in open-ended funds. You cannot do the same if it’s an ELSS mutual fund because ELSS has 3 years lock-in period.

Yes. For tax purposes, mutual funds are segregated into equity-oriented and debt-oriented. If the investment made in equity-oriented Mutual Funds is for less than 12 months, you have to pay 15% tax on returns. For any duration exceeding that, you will have to pay 10% on gains exceeding ₹1 lakh. Furthermore, if a fund’s exposure to stocks is less than 65%, capital gains will be as per your tax slab if the holding period is less than 36 months. If the holding period exceeds 3 years, capital gains are taxed at 20% after the indexation benefit.

Once, Demat and Trading account opening process is done with Matalia Stock Broking Pvt. Ltd. and If you have all the necessary details in place, it takes just 2 minutes.