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.

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.

Investing in mutual funds for a period of one-year needs a mix of capital safety and liquidity. You basically want to earn stable returns even if it is less than other longer-term investment plans. Obviously, when you talk of 1 year investment horizon, it cannot be an equity fund or even a hybrid fund. Even in debt funds, you cannot go for long term debt […]

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

What exactly do we understand by an NFO or a new fund offering? Typically, you can understand NFO as the mutual fund equivalent of an IPO. NFO is the fresh issue of a mutual fund scheme to raise fresh capital from investors. Currently, SEBI allows an AMC to have one fund per category, except in case of sector funds and index funds , where there […]

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.

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 […]

A tested method of investing is through a mutual fund. It offers the benefit of diversification. This means that if a mutual fund you own performs portly, then you will not lose as much money as you would have in the case of individual stocks.

Mutual Funds is a coalescence of multiple assets with a predetermined objective to fulfil. The funds are managed by experienced finance professionals called fund managers.

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 […]

Once you have decided to invest in a mutual fund, the next step is how to go about it. Mutual funds are regulated by SEBI so there are some basic formalities to go through before you can invest. Today there are a variety of options to invest in a mutual fund. Here are a few such options in front of you. Methods of investing in […]

Total expense ratio or TER is one of the most important aspects to understand when it comes to investing in mutual funds. The expense ratio is the all-inclusive cost that is debited to the Net Asset Value (NAV) on a daily basis and is a cost to the investor. Over longer periods of time, the expense ratio makes a difference. Expense ratio is the sum […]

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.

Mutual funds allow investors to average out the market risk and provide a steady and systematic investment profile. Because of its lower risk, it is considered to be the best diversification tool.