List of Mutual Funds Articles

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.

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

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

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.

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

We tend to talk about diversification of risk, diversified portfolio, diversified mutual funds etc. But, what exactly is diversification as a concept and how and why does it actually work in practice? What is meant by diversification? So, what exactly is a diversified portfolio and how to diversify your equity or mutual fund portfolio? The logic of diversification is to reduce your risk by spreading […]

Schemes for every type of investor are responsible for the widespread popularity of mutual funds in India. All these available options make it difficult for the investors. Mutual Fund Types Mutual funds can be classified based on the asset class, investment objective, structure, speciality, and even risk. Classifications based on the asset class, investment objective, and structure are more common. Types of Mutual Funds Based […]

A Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRIP) is a program that allows shareholders to automatically reinvest their cash dividends into additional company shares.

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.

What is it that we need to know when it comes to capital gains calculation on debt funds? There are 3 questions you need to answer to begin with.

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

If you really want a kind of a compromise between equity funds and debt funds, the answer lies in Hybrid funds. Hybrid funds, as the name suggests, are a combination of equity and debt and at times even more than that. What exactly does a Hybrid Fund do? Here are some of the highlighters that you need to remember about hybrid funds in the Indian […]

Dividend plans of mutual funds made a lot of sense as long as the dividends were tax free in the hands of the investor. However, this benefit was withdrawn in two steps. Firstly, the Income Tax Act introduced dividend distribution tax (DDT) on dividends to be paid by the payer. This was tantamount to reduction of dividend. Subsequently, the dividends were made fully taxable two […]

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 […]

How are mutual funds taxed? Are they taxed like equity instruments or like debt instruments? Are there any special advantages of investing through mutual funds? One of the major advantages of investing in mutual funds, that is oft quoted, is that it is tax efficient. Before getting into specifics of tax implications of mutual funds, let us first understand how mutual funds are classified into […]