As a collective group, we’re infamous for the last-minute tax-saving frenzy that we partake in at the end of each Financial Year! Needless to say, the last-minute rush leads to a number of regrettable investment decisions too. Usually, tax saving aspirants have flocked to Life Insurance as their preferred tax saving avenue. However, we witnessed a bucking in the trend this year, with close to 1 million (ten lakh) new folios getting created in ELSS (Equity Linked Savings Schemes) funds. What are ELSS Funds? ELSS funds are really nothing but a type of diversified equity fund. Equity funds concentrate their investments into equity shares of listed companies, and so their performances are linked to the rises and falls in the equity markers. In that sense, it’s important to keep in mind that ELSS Funds can be quite volatile. However, it’s also worth noting that in the long run, Equity Oriented Mutual Funds such as ELSS have outperformed other traditional asset classes quite ...