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.

Lowest Expense Ratio Mutual Funds: Get a list of all the LER funds here at India infoline. Continue reading here to know more.

To understand the impact of the lower TER, let us take the case of two plans of the same fund; Regular Plan and the Direct Plan. The initial NAV is assumed to be Rs100 and the TER of the Direct Plan is 1.80% as against the Regular Plan TER of 2.45%. Let us look at two different scenarios of returns and see how the lower TER impacts returns.

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.

While switching you need to take into consideration the implications of exit-load and capital gains tax. There is no problem with the settlement period for a switch within the same fund house.

Investing in a way that aligns with your religious beliefs can be quite challenging. But what if I told you that there’s a solution that offers equity investment avenues that strictly adhere to Islamic investing guidelines? This article explores their unique proposition.  Read on to learn about their functioning, benefits, and performance viability amid ethical constraints. Understanding Shariah-Compliant Investments Shariah refers to the religious law […]

Non-resident Indians or NRIs have special privileges to invest in India. For a long time, the NRIs have been only operating the special NRI bank accounts like NRE accounts, NRO accounts and FCNR accounts.

Disciplined investing is one of the most challenging habits to incorporate as a young investor. They fear market fluctuations and often think that now is not the right time to invest.

Clean shares refer to shares of mutual funds, such as exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and index funds. A clean share does not carry embedded expenses like most traditional mutual fund products. The expense ratio is lower than most traditional products and is transparent.

One phrase is gaining popularity and drawing interest from new and seasoned investors in the constantly evolving world of investments: smart beta funds.

It has been observed that systematic investment plans or SIPs are best suited to long term creation of wealth. But there are some very critical advantages of SIPs. Here are a few. SIPs give the benefit of rupee cost averaging. In good times you get more value and in bad times you get more units. SIPs are a discipline. By default, each month on a […]

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 […]

When you talk about long term capital gains tax on mutual funds you talk about debt and equity separately. However, when it comes to equity funds, there are two phases of LTCG calculation. There is pre-2018 budget and post-2018 budget. That is because, it was only in the Union Budget 2018 that the long term capital gains tax on equity mutual funds was made taxable […]

Equity and equity-related instruments have constantly given higher returns to the investors than other traditional investment instruments. Although equity investments yield capital gains, an asset class, they also deliver returns in dividends. A lot of companies in India share a part of their earnings with their investors by paying dividends. While paying dividends is not mandatory, many companies do it as it makes their stocks […]

Mutual Funds have been all the hype in the recent past owing to their ability to provide lucrative investment returns.