List of Mutual Funds Articles

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

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

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.

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.

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.

KYC or Know your Client was an outcome of the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act 2002 (PMLA). This act made it mandatory for all market participants to comply with the Know Your Client (KYC) norms.

Diversification is the key to building a successful investment portfolio. Among numerous financial instruments, you can use it to diversify; Index mutual funds can help you effectively achieve the diversification goals. Read on to know what they are, how they work, and who should invest in them. An Overview Equity is one of the most rewarding asset classes in terms of returns. However, when building […]

To understand the difference between debt funds and liquid funds, let us decode both these categories of mutual funds in further detail.

In most of the developed markets of US, Europe and South East Asia, the concept of Fund of Funds or (FOF) is extremely popular. Most of the financial planning is done through the FOF route by advisors. However in India, Fund of Funds (FOFs) are a fairly new concept. There are a variety of FOFs in India which are predominantly international funds launched by domestic […]

Mutual fund investments are one of the best ways to build a corpus for achieving long-term financial goals. However, among numerous types of Mutual Funds, you can invest in, a Dividend Mutual Fund is an ideal investment to earn good systematic returns. Before you plan to invest in it, let’s understand more about it in detail. Getting started with Dividend Mutual Funds A dividend mutual […]

Thanks to advances in technology and security, today it is possible to do e-KYC online and start investing in mutual funds. Just as you can get your bank account opened, trading account activated and also your mobile connection using your Aadhar card, you can also start your mutual fund investing using your Aadhar card authentication. How is E-KYC for mutual fund investing different from traditional […]

A Public Provident Fund, or PPF in short, is a long-term savings scheme devised by the government to help Indian citizens invest and build a corpus for the long term. The key advantage of a PPF is that the interest earned and the fund after maturity is completely tax-free. PPF for Child According to the set rules, every eligible Indian citizen can open only one […]

Small-cap companies, do not have any set definition. However, there are some accepted definition of small cap companies. Typically a company that has a market capitalisation of less than Rs.5,000 crore is normally classified as a small cap company. Funds that are dedicated to investing in such small cap companies are called small cap funds. However, SEBI in its classification logic for mutual funds has […]

Debt funds that invest in debt instruments. These can be short duration instruments or long duration instruments. These can be short term liquid funds or long term G-Sec funds. They can be funds on corporate debt or a combination of these. Even within corporate debt funds, these debt funds can be high credit quality or mid credit quality funds. There is a huge choice in […]

Find out how you can plan for your children’s future using mutual funds for children Getting started with Mutual Funds for child One of the major life goals of any individual, apart from retirement planning and buying a house, is to help secure their children’s future. The priority is to make sure that you have enough funds to satisfactorily fulfill your child’s educational expenses. Other […]