List of Mutual Funds Articles

A sinking fund is a fund created specifically to save or set aside money to pay off a debt or a bond. A company may face an immense outlay when the time comes to pay off debts and bonds issued in the past.

Learn how Market Trends affect your mutual fund investments. Discover strategies for navigating market volatility and maximizing returns in any market condition.

Nifty BeES, a combination of a share and a mutual fund unit, trades on the capital market segment of NSE

The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and the National Stock Exchange (NSE) are the two principal stock exchanges in India that are currently active. Both exchanges are entirely electronic, with a combined total of over 7,000 firms. Millions of trades take place on both of these exchanges every trading day. Because these are electronic exchanges, you'll need a demat account to participate in the trading process.

One way to check the growth of mutual fund investments is by the AUM growth. A much better way to check retail participation is via folios.

Equity-oriented mutual funds come with higher return potential, although they also carry a certain amount of risks. This post will help you understand what these funds are and how they work. They are primarily of three types – Equity Funds, Debt Funds and Hybrid Funds. Equity mutual funds are those where the predominant percentage of the corpus of the collected fund is invested in equity […]

If you cannot leverage the volatility of the equity market on your own, arbitrage funds can do it for you. Check out this post to know 10 of the top-performing arbitrage funds that you can consider for 2020. Best Arbitrage Funds Investment- How to Get Started Equity markets are volatile. This inherent volatility keeps most of the people away from the markets. But experienced investors […]

Find out what DDT is, how it is calculated, and who is applicable to pay it. When you buy shares of a company via the stock market, there are two main ways by which you can make money. The first is by the usual technique of buying stocks when the market is low and selling when the market is high, thus making a profit. The […]

ELSS funds enhance your yields by providing tax exemptions under Section 80C of the Income Tax Act. The beauty of this scheme is that it is a long term wealth creator with low lock in period. At the same time, the tax exemption enhances the yields on the fund, as compared to a normal equity fund. Some Of The Key Merits Of Equity-linked Savings Scheme […]

The Opportunities Fund (OF), as the name suggests, is basically a diversified equity mutual fund whose fund manager is on a constant look-out for investment opportunities.

Investing in mutual funds includes various options. There is a growth plan, dividend plan and dividend reinvestment plan. This article describes the intricacies of an automatic reinvestment plan in detail.

There is a tendency to equate contra funds with value funds. While they do share some of the common characteristics, there is an essential difference between. Value funds focus on buying stocks that are available well below their intrinsic value. Like Buffett said, they look for margin of safety. However, Contra Funds focus on stocks that are currently underperforming but are expected to turnaround in […]

If you look at the mutual fund flows in India in the last few months, there has been a sudden surge of interest in exchange traded funds or ETFs. What exactly are these ETFs and how do they add value to investors. What is this concept of etf and how is it different from mutual funds? Exchange traded funds (ETFs) are a popular form of […]

Many of us think that fixed maturity plans (FMPs) and bank fixed deposits are almost the same. The basic similarity between FMPs and bank FDs is that both of these products are close ended and have a definite maturity date. The below article provides an in-depth analysis of what FMPs are.

One of the standard dilemma or choice that investors have to make is whether to invest directly in equities or through the route of equity mutual funds. Frankly, there are no clear answers. However, we can adopt a question approach and ask some logical questions to arrive at this decision. Do you have time and bandwidth to track investments? This is the most important question […]