List of Mutual Funds Articles

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.

Registrar and Transfer Agents (RTA) manage shareholder records and facilitate share transfers. Explore their essential functions and role with India Infoline.

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.

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.

However, the truth is far from real. While it is true that Mutual Funds are not completely foolproof, it doesn’t mean it is a means of loss. There are specific reasons why people lose money in Mutual Funds.

When you invest in a mutual fund, the asset manager charges an annual fee to manage your investment known as the expense ratio. Read on to know about the expense ratio, its components, and its significance while investing in mutual funds. What is an Expense Ratio While managing your investment, the Asset Management Company (AMC) incurs expenses like advertising expenses, management fees, administrative expenses, transaction […]

An Equity Linked Saving Scheme (ELSS) is an equity mutual fund with a tax benefit on investment. The taxation of the dividends and the capital gains will remain the same as in other cases? When we talk of tax benefits here we need to understand the tax benefit as distinct from the tax benefits on dividend and capital gains. An ELSS Fund scores over other […]

A systematic investment plan or SIP is all about making the investment work hard for you. If you have a target of making a crore in just 10 years, you have various options. You can start off with lumpsum and then add a SIP on top of that. However, that is assuming that you already have a corpus. The second is to take higher risk […]

Money market mutual funds are not an investment product but an avenue to park short term surplus. They are highly liquid and can be converted to cash at short notice. Also, the withdrawals can be structured as systematic investment plans(SIPs) so the post-tax returns can be more attractive than bank savings accounts. They allow you to earn higher returns compared to pure bank savings or […]

One of the common measures is the compounded annual growth rate or what is popularly called the CAGR returns. What is CAGR returns and how does it apply to your investments? What exactly is the concept of CAGR in returns? Be it profits or sales or investments; the one thing you want to figure out is how they grew over time. When the growth is […]

If you though that investing in mutual funds can be a breeze thing again. One of the big challenges that you will face in picking a mutual fund is the surfeit of choice available. Just look at the numbers. With over 40 AMCs, over 1,400 funds and more than 3,000 schemes on offer, you are truly spoilt for choice. Let us look at 10 smart […]

SIP offers excellent investment opportunities in a time-bound and structured manner. As a prudent investor, you must know how to optimise returns on your investments in mutual funds through SIP. This post has five crucial tips that will help you maximize your profits. SIPs or a Systematic Investment Plan is a way of investing in a mutual fund whereby the investment is made periodically. The […]

Normally, growth investing and value investing are seen as two opposite sides of investment strategy, although it may not always be true.

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 […]

It is quite common to use the terms money market funds and liquid funds interchangeably. The differences are minor and for the purpose of understanding you can just ignore the difference at this point of time. Typically, the idea of money market funds is to restrict the investment portfolio to assets that have a very short term maturity profile of less than 91 days. That […]