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.

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

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 […]

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.

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.

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.

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.

Let us first understand what is Fixed Income investing. The world’s largest institutional by AUM, Blackrock, defines fixed income investing as an investment approach focused on preservation of capital and income. It typically includes investments like government and corporate bonds, CDs and money market funds. Fixed income can offer a steady stream of income with less risk than stocks. Mutual funds that invest in such […]

Mutual Fund investments are among the most popular investment avenues in India. If you are a beginner, looking to invest your money in Mutual Funds, then understanding the fundamentals of these funds is necessary. What are Mutual Funds? A Mutual Fund is a diversified basket of stocks and bonds, which are managed by professionals of Asset Management Companies (AMCs). They are an indirect form of […]

Retirement is not just a period of relaxation but also a period of trepidation. Here is a period when your income flows will either stop or slow substantially. You normally have double the time and half the money. That can be scary if you are looking to address issues like monthly expenses, emergencies and insurance after retirement. Of course, one of the keys to enjoying […]

Every fund is an investment opportunity. Therefore, does an opportunity fund imply a double or higher volume of returns?

When investors do not diversify mutual fund investment portfolio and invest in two or more funds with the same objective, fund overlapping occurs. In this article, let’s get to know more about mutual fund portfolio overlap. What is Mutual Fund Overlap When a person invests in different investment schemes which have the same holdings, there is a fund overlap. Mutual fund overlap happens when an […]

ESG investing refers to Environmental, Social and Governance investing. Socially conscious investors prefer to evaluate ESG ratings alongside traditional financial metrics. ESG includes factors such as good governance, pollution mitigation, equal employment opportunities, etc.

Investment portfolios usually consist of investments in a wide range of securities like stocks, bonds and cash equivalents. This combination depends on the investor’s risk tolerance level, which affects the returns potential of the portfolio investments. But, establishing a strong investment can be challenging especially if you are an amateur investor. It requires extensive knowledge regarding the market and the securities, to calculate the RRR […]

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 […]