Mutual fund industry in India has grown phenomenally in recent years. More and more first time investors are flooding to this vehicle of investment. Thanks to the promotional ad campaign by the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI). However, investors are puzzled when it comes to choosing the right mutual fund scheme that suits
One of the major advantages of investing in mutual funds is that there is a wide choice or array of options on offer. Depending on your risk appetite you have liquid funds at the shortest end of risk to sectoral funds and thematic funds at the longest end of risk. You can choose the funds
When DSP Mutual Fund received a redemption request from its corporate investors on the debt fund, the real reason was that the client was a tad worried. The fund has a large exposure to the bonds issued by IL&FS, both in the long duration and the short duration. A sharp fall in the NAVs due
Open any mutual fund website or the MF NAV page of the newspaper and you are likely to be grabbing attention towards a product called fixed maturity plans (FMPs). What exactly are these plans and how do they fit into your investment scheme of things. A Fixed Maturity Plan (FMP) is a closed-ended fund that
What is the ideal holding period for your mutual funds? Obviously it will vary depending on whether it is an equity fund or a debt fund. For example, liquid funds will give roughly the same annualized return whether you hold it for a period of 15 days or 45 days or even 180 days. That
Recently, the Avanza Bank of Sweden announced the launch of the world’s cheapest investment fund. This has been confirmed by Morningstar which is the largest firm dedicated to mutual funds research in the world. One of the key criteria for selecting an investment fund is the costs involved. In India, the average total expense ratio
Is adding foreign funds to portfolio beneficial? Do you want to invest in global stocks such as Amazon or Facebook and share in the robust growth of these companies? Then the best way is to invest in foreign funds offered by Indian mutual fund houses. Foreign funds invests in firms in other countries other than
Categories of mutual funds under new categorization guidelines of SEBI With SEBI’s new guidelines on mutual funds categorization, scheme selection has become easy for the investors. Earlier mutual funds were having many schemes under same category making it difficult to select a scheme for investment. Under new categorization, mutual funds can be classified into 5
Lot of perplexity remains in investors mind when it comes to selecting a good mutual fund scheme to invest. Most investors look at the performance of the funds in terms of simple returns of the fund generated in the past. Whereas, analysts and experts talk about funds performance in terms of ratios such as Expense
Off late, the investment choice of investors has turned to Mutual funds. The abbreviation SIP lingers in the minds of all existing and new investors. It is good to see the Indian public’s growing interest in mutual funds investment. As a result, the mutual funds industry is witnessing a phenomenal growth. According to a report
