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Mutual Fund Insight

Informed fund ideas, better judgment. Every month.

24th anniversary issue · November 2026

Be a better investor.

India's monthly magazine on mutual funds and personal finance.

Take charge. Know more. Keep more.

Mutual Fund Insight helps you do all three, every month.

01 · Take charge

Nobody cares about your money more than you do.

02 · Know more

“Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing.” Warren Buffett

We help you understand every choice, so you invest with confidence.

03 · Keep more

₹63 lakh more

From a ₹10,000 monthly SIP over 30 years, by choosing direct plans.

Illustration, not a forecast. Direct plan at 12% a year; regular at 10.85%, after the current median expense gap of 1.15 points across 811 active equity and hybrid funds. The Sensex has returned 14.33% per year since April 1979.

What you get.

Look inside the November issue.

Every issue

Cover storyThe big idea, or the talk of the town.
CommentaryThe signals to spot and the noise to ignore.
Readers' questionsOur analysts on starting out, staying the course and retiring.
Every fund categoryIn-depth coverage, round the year.
Ratings and scorecardOn almost every fund.
SIF, index, ETF and NPS scorecards

Two gifts, yours to keep.

The Right SIP

The Right SIP

Which fund is right for you?

Nine lists, each built for one kind of investor. Find yours.

  1. Thirty Years and a Weak StomachNew, and wary of falls
  2. Thirty Years and a Strong OneNew, and can sit through falls
  3. Twenty Years and a Rising IncomePeak earning years, rising SIP
  4. Ten Years and CountingOne market cycle left
  5. Five Years to GoNear the goal, still saving
  6. Retired, and Still BuyingPension pays, surplus to invest
  7. One Crore, and It Has to LastA monthly income (SWP)
  8. One Crore, and It Has to GrowIncome, and growth above prices
  9. Twenty Years, Looking BackWhat patience paid

With your first subscription.

The Big Funds

The Big Funds

The funds you probably own, side by side.

India's 50 largest equity funds and 10 largest index funds, in one table.

With every subscription till 20 November.

Research and education, not personal advice. A rating is a screen, not an instruction.

Every month since October 2002.

288 issues. These are the anniversary ones.

Mutual Fund Insight first issue, October 2002: Have the Good Times Gone?Mutual Fund Insight anniversary issue, 2003: Cool Ways to Handle a Hot MarketMutual Fund Insight anniversary issue, 2004: The Value 50Mutual Fund Insight anniversary issue, 2005: How To Invest NowMutual Fund Insight anniversary issue, 2006: Back to BasicsMutual Fund Insight anniversary issue, 2007: 1st Class FundsMutual Fund Insight anniversary issue, 2008: The Great Panic of 2008Mutual Fund Insight anniversary issue, 2009: 7th anniversary issueMutual Fund Insight anniversary issue, 2010: 8th anniversary issueMutual Fund Insight anniversary issue, 2011: Getting SavvyMutual Fund Insight anniversary issue, 2012: 10th anniversary issueMutual Fund Insight anniversary issue, 2013: 11th anniversary issueMutual Fund Insight anniversary issue, 2014: India's Finest FundsMutual Fund Insight anniversary issue, 2015: How Our Readers Build WealthMutual Fund Insight anniversary issue, 2016: How India's Top Fund Managers Manage Their Own MoneyMutual Fund Insight anniversary issue, 2017: Should You Invest in Jumbo Funds?Mutual Fund Insight anniversary issue, 2018: 16th anniversaryMutual Fund Insight anniversary issue, 2019: 17th anniversaryMutual Fund Insight anniversary issue, 2020: The sin of stopping SIPsMutual Fund Insight anniversary issue, 2021: 19th anniversaryMutual Fund Insight anniversary issue, 2022: Revisiting 20 yearsMutual Fund Insight anniversary issue, 2023: Great Indian Portfolios on a thaaliMutual Fund Insight anniversary issue, 2024: Unlocking the Secrets to WealthMutual Fund Insight anniversary issue, 2025: Gabbar, Greed, Gains
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Your questions, answered.

I am new to funds. Is it too advanced?

No. Every issue explains funds from the beginning.

I have invested for 20 years. Is it too basic?

No. The fund analysis, ratings and commentary are written for experienced investors.

Is this advice?

No. It is research and education. Personal advice is a separate, regulated service from Independent Advisor Pvt. Ltd.

What is the refund policy?

You can request a refund within 6 months of your purchase. We will refund the unused portion of your subscription.

Invest with confidence.

Start with the November issue.

Value Research. On the investor's side. Since 1992.

Mutual Fund Insight is published by Value Research India Pvt. Ltd. It is research, education and opinion, not personal advice. Personalised advice is a separate, regulated service from Independent Advisor Pvt. Ltd., a SEBI-registered investment adviser.

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